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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... percent between 1998 and 1999, the period when the market upswing was at its peak. The Dow reached a record high of ... percent increase in 1995 to a 6.4 percent rate at the end of 1999, a growth rate called “astonishing” by the New York ...
... percent of their assets in stocks and had more of their household wealth in stocks than real estate at the end of the twentieth century. The Federal Reserve found that 52 percent of households in America owned stock either directly or ...
... percent in 1989 to 12.1 percent at the end of 2002, after experiencing an interim low of 11.7 percent. This meant that some 34.6 million people were living in poverty, but the gap between the incomes of the rich and poor narrowed at the ...
... percent increase in price on their first day of trading. The price of VA Linux soared on its first day of trading from $30 to $300 in the secondary market. Priceline.com stock prices jumped from $16 to $69 on the first day and ...
... percent of the purchase price, an interest in Trust Preferred Securities paying 6.45 percent of the purchase price per year, and $50 at maturity. Growth Prides involved the purchase from Cendant of a specified number of newly issued ...
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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 - 2006 |