Essays Tagged: "Securities and Exchange Commission"
The Life of John F. Kennedy
During the administration of PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, he served as the first chairman of the Securitiesand Exchange Commission, and as United States Ambassador to Great Britain.During John's ch ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Worldcom Meltdown A current event speech. Describes the history of Worldcom and the downfall
defendants hid a huge company's 41 billion dollars in debt from millions of investors and from the Securities and Exchange Commission. They caused a huge company to fall where it stood. If the woes o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
PayPal, Inc. Initial Public Offering
of IPODesktop caused major headaches for PayPal. They were unable to comment on the lawsuit due to securities regulations that restrict a company's ability to make public statements prior to a stock ... ublic statements prior to a stock offering and had to ultimately refile its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to include information about the suit.Without, of course ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Enron's Audit
urpose entities, which did not show up on the balance sheet. Disclosures in Enron's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that three previously unconsolidated special purpose ent ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Government Oversight of Corporate Finances
ally to those businesses with a lower moral persuasion. So how can this be prevented? Where was the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to keep this from happening in the first place?The SEC cann ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Accounting
On September 28, 1998, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionArthur Levitt sounded the call to arms in the financial community. ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
AOL-Time Warner: An Issue of Ethics
t this point. The history of the merger between AOL and Time Warner will show you what prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Justice Department probes, which prompted AOL - Time Wa ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Business and Government Intervention of Business
$239 million.The whole investigation began in January 2002, when a bank source tipped off the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). SEC is a government agency responsible for enforcing regulation ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Ethical and Legal Obligations in Accounting
anizations in accounting. These organizations include the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.The Financial ... ublic Accountants (FASB, 2005). The standards set by the FASB are officially recognized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The primary mission of the SEC is to protect investors and ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
The measurement of the qualitative charecteristics of the Income Statement between Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited and One Bank Limited
ave been set up by various regulatory bodies like Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh Bank and other regulatory bodies in Bangladesh. Howev ... includes unusual gains and losses that are either unusual or infrequent, but not both (e.g. sale of securities or fixed assets).*Other expenses or losses - expenses or losses not related to primary bu ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Comparison of the stock market of 1929 and 2006
trading, emerged in the stock market of 1929.§The government regulates stock market today. The Securities and Exchange Commission was established to punish people who violate it in today's market ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Economic History
Federal Rules and Regulations that apply to Techno Products, Inc.
al rules and regulations, the Security Act of 1933 governs the initial issuance and registration of securities, as opposed to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which governs financial reporting, and ... of 1934 which governs financial reporting, and the registration of people involved with the sale of securities. The enforcement authority given by Congress allows the SEC to bring civil enforcement ac ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
consists of five members, of which one of them is the chairperson. All members are appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and serve a five year term. Two members of the PCAOB must be or h ... y professional standards, any rules of the PCAOB or the SEC, or any provisions of the United States securities laws relating to the preparation and issuance of audit reports. When violations are detec ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Ethics in Accounting
islative audit requirements, and is considered one of the most significant changes to United States securities laws since the New Deal in the 1930s. The ACT gives additional powers and responsibilitie ... n on third-party invoices and company expense reports, according to a March company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission" (Stephen Taub). Jared Bowen soon found that Wal-Mart did not con ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
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Morgan Bennett Mr. Harris History Honors- Per 5 April 2001 The Securities and Exchange Commission In 1934 the Securities Exchange Act created the SEC (Securities a ... the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was created to protect U.S. investors against malpractice in securities and financial markets. The purpose of the SEC was and still is to carry out the mandates ... the mandates of the Securities Act of 1933: To protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities market by amending the current laws, creating new laws and seeing to it that those laws a ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
The emergence of on-line tradi
und information on this industry. As of September 1998, there were 5,591 firms in the industry. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the NASD Regulation (NASDR) regulate these firms. "The ... ng rules governing its broker/dealer members' business conduct; setting qualification standards for securities industry professionals: examining members for their financial and operational condition, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Roles of Regulatory Organization
have to be very careful when investing their money. This is where federal agencies such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) can hel ... trade practices. There are also self ?regulatory organizations such as the National Association of Securities Dealer (NASD) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The NASD and the NYSE are private-s ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Ethics in Action
ty for obstructing justice. This conviction led to Andersen having to surrender its licenses to the Securities and Exchange Commission because convicts are not legal to audit public accounts. While th ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
SOX
on, Arthur Anderson, and WorldCom. The paper shows that the governing bodies, the Senate, NASD, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other authorities decided to act and in 2002, the Senate int ... ies for non-compliance on public companies and their executives, directors, auditors, attorneys and securities analysts. The full implications of the legislation will come after further actions by the ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Initial Public Offering
isting requirements will differ between the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System NASDAQ and American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Listing req ... s, management and financial health. Part two contains additional information accessible through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In addition to a business summary, income statements and b ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting