A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to ReformRoutledge, 2015 M01 28 - 775 páginas A definitive new reference on the major failures of American corporate governance at the start of the 21st century. Tracing the market boom and bust that preceded Enron's collapse, as well as the aftermath of that failure, the book chronicles the meltdown in the telecom sector that gave rise to accounting scandals globally. Featuring expert analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation that was adopted in response to these scandals, the author also investigates the remarkable market recovery that followed the scandals. An exhaustive guide to the collapse of the Enron Corporation and other financial scandals that erupted in the wake of the market downturn of 2000, this book is an essential resource for students, teachers and professionals in corporate governance, finance, and law. |
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... involved selling debt to a SPE, which then split the debt into separate tranches like a CMO. The lowest tranche (the equity tranche) initially bore the loss of any credit defaults. If losses exceeded that tranche, then the second ...
... involved a contract under which the holder purchased a specified number of shares of Cendant common stock for $50 in cash. Cendant in turn agreed to pay the holders of the Income Prides 5 percent of the purchase price, an interest in ...
... involved an issue of subordinated debt to a special purpose entity in the form of a trust created by the bank. The second offering was an issuance of preferred stock by the trust to investors. The result was to convert debt into equity ...
... involved Internet fraud, investment seminars that touted get-rich schemes, affinity group fraud in which religious or other groups were targeted for fraudulent investments, abusive sales practices, and telemarketing fraud. Some eighty ...
... executive officer, Alan (Ace) Greenberg, required employees to donate 4 percent of their income to charity. Pump and dump schemes often involved more conventional boiler rooms THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE 27 Pump and Dump Schemes.
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II Full Disclosure and the Accountants | 141 |
Photographs follow page 302 | 302 |
III Full Disclosure Fails | 309 |
IV Recovery and Reform | 519 |
Conclusion | 661 |
Notes | 665 |
Selected Bibliography | 677 |
Name Index | 693 |
Subject Index | 733 |
About the Author | 743 |
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A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform Jerry W Markham Vista previa limitada - 2015 |
A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform Jerry W. Markham Vista previa limitada - 2006 |