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What Was Enron? What Happened and Who Was Responsible

By Itho August 11, 2005

[ad_1] Select Events, Enron Corp. 1990 Jeffrey Skilling (COO at the time) hires Andrew Fastow as CFO. 1993 Enron begins to use special-purpose entities and special purpose vehicles. 1994 Congress…

What Is the Black Market? Examples of Products and Services

By Itho June 28, 2005

[ad_1] What Is a Black Market? A black market is an economic activity that occurs outside government-sanctioned channels. Illegal market transactions usually occur under the table to let participants avoid…

Bloomberg: Global Financial News and Analytics Provider

By Itho June 23, 2005

[ad_1] What Is Bloomberg? Bloomberg, founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, is a leading global provider of financial news, data, and analytics. Serving over 350,000 customers worldwide, its flagship…

Black Friday: What It Means to Economists and to You

By Itho November 26, 2004

[ad_1] What Is Black Friday? Black Friday refers to the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It has become a day of…

Earnings Management: Definition and Examples

By Itho November 2, 2004

[ad_1] Earnings management is the use of accounting techniques to produce financial statements that present an overly positive view of a company's business activities and financial position. This is done…

Demand-Pull Inflation: Definition, How It Works, Causes, vs. Cost-Push Inflation

By Itho August 10, 2004

[ad_1] What Is Demand-Pull Inflation? Demand-pull inflation occurs in an economy when demand for goods and services exceeds supply. While demand increases, the supply of goods and services available…