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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... Merger Activity 20 Fraud and Abuses 21 • Fraud Schemes 21 • Ponzi Schemes 23 • Electronic Fraud 25 • Pump and Dump Schemes 27 • Other Problems 29 • Executive Compensation 30 • Expensing Options 33 Attacks on the Markets 34 • The First ...
... merger and acquisition activity in investment banking. Merrill Lynch finished second in that category and lost its position as the leading underwriter for stocks in 2001. Merrill was beaten out by Citigroup, which had been freed of the ...
... Merger Activity Times were good on Wall Street during the 1990s. Merger activity averaged about $1.6 trillion annually between 1998 and 2000, six times the amount for mergers occurring in 1993. There were some setbacks. The Federal ...
... merge with United Technologies until GE stepped in with its bid. The European Commission seemed to be in retreat after the criticism of its rejection of the Honeywell and GE merger. It approved a $24 billion merger between Compaq and ...
... merger and acquisition activity. The numbers of mergers and acquisitions worldwide were down 26 percent in 2002, falling in value to $1.36 trillion, down from $1.83 trillion the year before. Standard & Poor's downgraded corporate debt ...
Contenido
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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