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The Detection Of Fraud In Financial Reporting: Did The Treadway Commission Make A Difference?, Michael Williamson Dec 1996

The Detection Of Fraud In Financial Reporting: Did The Treadway Commission Make A Difference?, Michael Williamson

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A Review Of Defensive Strategies Used In Hostile Takeovers, Chirag Shah Apr 1996

A Review Of Defensive Strategies Used In Hostile Takeovers, Chirag Shah

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Nineteen Ninety Five smashed all records for mergers and acquisitions at home and abroad. An unprecedented $458 billion in deals were announced by U.S. companies, up 32% from the old record of $347 billion reached in 1994, according to the Securities Data Co. Similarly, deal count, which last year came in with 7,565 announced transactions, registered a new record as 8,954 transactions were announced in 1995. Globally, a record $866 billion in transactions were struck, up 51% from the $572 billion announced in 1994. The big highlights were banking, financial services, pharmaceuticals and big transactions in media and telecommunications. From …


Technical Analysis: Connecting The Dots Or A Legitimate Investment Tool?, Daniel P. Sutter Apr 1996

Technical Analysis: Connecting The Dots Or A Legitimate Investment Tool?, Daniel P. Sutter

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Wall Street is full of many unusual characters. They appear frequently in the newspaper headlines, on the evening news, and now on the Internet. They are portrayed both as villains such as Michael Milken or Ivan Boesky and as heroes such as Warren Buffett or Martin Zwieg. While these people may seem very distant at times they really impact each one of us every day, whether or not we are aware of it. The companies we conduct our routine transactions with are financed through them, our retirement plans our dependent on them, and even our jobs rest on the success …