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Market Segment Target Market
1,040 wordsI am writing to you in regards to the Hummer's target market. According to AM General's market research, Hummer's market is divided into four categories: the realist, the discerner, the conqueror, and the adventurer. The realist considers Hummer for its practical purposes, and will therefore make use of the vehicle's off-road prowess. The discerner is a connoisseur for the finer things in life, who appreciates Hummer's status, but is unlikely to go off-roading. The conqueror is a successful pers...
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Million Dollars Billion Dollars
1,596 wordsCharles H. Keating Jr. has been the focus of criminal investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, The Securities and Exchange Commission, and the House Banking Committee for a six-year shadow of the nation's biggest savings-and loan debacle. The federal government proclaims that he fraudulently managed California's Lincoln Savings into its closure, and in the process profited for himself and his family an estimated thirty-four mill...
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Home Office E 3
492 wordsTaxpayers will be reimbursed by the corporation for all out of pocket expenses incurred including transportation, and lodging expenses. However, taxpayers will not be reimbursed for costs incurred in the operation and maintenance of employee home offices. 1. What procedures must the corporation take in developing and carrying out any type of accountable plan? 2. What should employees be aware of regarding tax treatment of reimbursements and un reimbursed employee expenses? Sec. 62 (a) (2) Employ...
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Los Angeles Times Secondhand Smoke
1,064 wordsIn 1998, Drew Carey held a sit-in because of the smoking ban in the California bars. Even though Drew is not a smoker, he smoked that night and called the ban stupid. Three years ago, California enacted a state law that forbade smoking in bars and other work areas for the sake of the employees. Drew felt "It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not. Drew Carey was not cited by police for the incident, but the owner, Irwin Held, was. Held said, "It's smokin...
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Securities And Exchange Commission Political Speech
515 wordsCreated in the post-Depression era, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acts to protect investors by regulating financial speech. The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled, in instances such as the TGS case, that this regulation is not unfair censorship, even though it means some speech is compelled. Rule 10 b- 5 is one such SEC regulation, which compels speech by prohibiting "fraudulent or misleading corporate communications in any context relevant to investors, " according to Zelezny (334). I...
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Chemical Reaction Kinetic Energy
633 wordsThe rate of a chemical reaction is the derivative of the extent of the reaction with respect to time, to measure the effect of concentration upon the rate of the reaction of peroxydisulfate ion with iodine ion; to determine the order of the reaction with respect to the reactant concentrations; and to obtain the rate law for the chemical reaction. Four reaction solutions are prepare as: 1 - Dilute 5 mL of 0. 2 M KI solution with 10 mL of distilled water in a test tube, add 3 drops of starch solut...
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Stopping By Woods Woods On A Snowy Evening
559 wordsThe circumstances surrounding the composition of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" explain his use of "The darkest evening of the year" (L. 8) which is closely related it to the greater theme of perseverance in the face of hardship. Frost wrote this poem, in November (Frost Chronology) 1923; on the same late night he finished his book New Hampshire (Jackson sec. 1). Being "a little excited from getting over-tired" (q. in Jackson sec. 3), he decided to venture out into th...
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Christian Science Monitor Aggressive Behavior
1,901 words"Communication remains God's great gift to humanity without which we cannot be truly human, reflecting God's image. " (Caaberal, 1993, 44) Freedom of speech is a right of individuals as they possess their own free will. Because of their free will, individuals have expressed their thoughts, desires, and aspirations through the mass media. Communicating freely with other affirms the dignity and worth of each and every member of society. Freedom of expression is essential in the attainment and adva...
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United States Supreme Court Prohibits Discrimination
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Lucent Technologies Company Profile
1,211 wordsIntroduction Lucent Technologies Lucent Technology is North America's leading maker of telecom equipment and software, including switching and transmission equipment and business communications systems. Lucent Technologies, started trading publicly in 1996 with an initial public offering that was, at the time, the largest in domestic history (Hayes). In December 1999, Lucent's stock reached a high of $ 77. 78 and was the nation's fourth most widely held stock (Romero and Atlas). But by July 2001...
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Financial Statements Accounting Standards
1,138 words... t-off fraud. 'Under SAB 1010 issued 1999, the SEC established four main criteria for proper revenue recognition: evidence than an arrangement between a buyer and a seller exists, delivery of a product or rendering of a service, a set or determinable price, and an insurance that payment can be collected. ' (Revenue recognition) WorldCom, the nation's second-largest long-distance phone company was also found guilty of accounting fraud. The basis of this fraud was very similar to that of Enron ...
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Sarbanes Oxley Act Securities And Exchange Commission
1,857 wordsThe Beginning of the End of Enron Enron Corporation, an energy and communications company was established in 1985 by the merger of Houston Natural Gas and Inter North (enron. com). This merger catapulted Enron into becoming the largest natural-gas company in America. Fortune magazine named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" in the years of 1996 to 2000. And in 2000, Enron was Fortune's " 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. " In 1986, Enron's CEO, Kenneth Lay, proclaimed that the vi...
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Los Angeles County Santa Ana
1,327 wordsHuman beings are able to adapt to almost any environment, unfortunately sometimes we take advantage of our natural surroundings. We find ourselves amidst a struggle between our lifestyles and nature. Although we affect nature profoundly with our activities, we in turn are shaped by nature's potent forces. Nature can be brutal to humans, but we must remember that it merely is following its course. As a result, we must learn to coexist with it. Fire is a naturally occurring phenomenon which humans...
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Boston Houghton Mifflin York Holt Rinehart
1,053 words... g of Rosenberg whenever it appeared that Julius sounded sincere and was making a favorable impression on the jury. Judge Kaufman made a big point when Ethel used her fifth amendment right and declined to answer questions on the basis that she might incriminate herself. The judge said, 'it is something that the jury may weigh and consider on the questioning of the truthfulness of the witness and on credibility... ' Not only that, but the judge allegedly would lead prosecuting witnesses to say...
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U S Constitution Proper Clause
2,200 wordsThe "Necessary and Proper" Clause Introduction Constitution of the United States of America is the most important regulating law for any citizen of America. The lawmaking consists of several aspects: it is used to issue, change or cancel general principles of law. This concept can be also related to the main goal of the American Congress. In such a way, there are three main state structures that regulate the law: The Congress, President and the Supreme Court. To summarize, we add that lawmaking ...
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Corporate Culture Financial Reporting
732 wordsFull Disclosure Paper Full disclosure principle is an accounting rule demanding that financial reports, notes and explanatorily enclosed to them, include all the information necessary for understanding of a state of affairs in the organization by users of the financial reporting. Security Exchange Commission of the USA, SEC, proposed the change of corporate financial information disclosing rules which were accepted and functioning in 2004 - 2005. In opinion of regulating authorities and legislat...
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Genetically Engineered Genetically Altered
2,840 wordsLast updated: June 30, 1998 Should Cloning Be Banned? Since Scottish scientists reported the successful cloning of a sheep named Dolly last year, new research into cloning has grown rapid as has the ethical controversy surrounding the procedure. In May 1998, scientists at a Massachusetts cell research firm announced the production of genetically identical calves using a new cloning technology that could make it possible to create designer cattle. And in June, buzz about the successful cloning of...
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War On Drugs Number Of People
1,018 wordsWhen and where will the senseless persecutions of Americas Marijuana users end? These Marijuana smokers are typically middle class males, between the ages of 17 and 39, and one in three have no prior felony charges on their records. (HRW World Report) However, each year, hundreds of thousands of them are arrested and thrown into jail, alongside murderers, rapists, and child molesters. The Marihuana Tax Act was passed in August 1937, and took effect on October 1, an incident which would forever c...
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Financial Fraud Station Overtime
235 wordsHow to Judge Age Bias In contrast to all the glamorous cases on the U. S. Supreme Courts plate this term, a homely challenge, in the words of one litigator, could transform the landscape of job bias litigation in this country. But the homeliness of the case is certainly not in its facts. Faltering Net Firms Will Find Bankruptcy Lawyers Reluctant Sooner or later, the bottom will fall out for many of the Internet companies struggling to make a buck in the already cluttered World Wide Web. But dot-...
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Jesse Owens Olympic Games
563 wordsjesse owens 1 Jesse Owens was the best track athlete at the 1936 Olympics due to his four gold medals in the 400 meter relay, the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash and the running board jump or the long jump. Now not only did he run but he showed that he was also versicle and could jump. He also won a gold by the help of three others to win the 400 meter relays. Now a short summary of his life will be discussed. One of the greatest track-and-field athletes of all time. He was born James Clevela...
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