Exploring Activity-Based Costing at Guam's Palace Hotel
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An 8 page paper assessing the potential usefulness of applying ABC to the food service operation at the Palace Hotel Guam. ABC has been replacing traditional costing methods in manufacturing settings for years, but it is not often applied to or used in service settings and for the most part is practically unknown in restaurant and hotel businesses. The paper moves through several modules to conclude that ABC could be valuable for the Palace. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSacctABCpalaHot.rtf

Exxon Mobile
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This 16 page paper examines Exxon Mobile looking at the approach to general corporate risk management, the company’s financial structure, the market risk and the way the company deal with market risk. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEexxconmob.rtf

Factors Affecting Financial Institutions
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A 30 page paper that investigates the regulations, technology, and economic factors that have affected financial institutions and how these affect the American people. The writer begins with an introduction that identifies some of the older regulations that influenced how financial institutions operate. The next section discusses, in depth, how economic and regulatory actions have greatly influenced financial institutions, like banks. This section identifies the laws past in the last two decades and their effects. The third section deals with technology and the dramatic impact this has had on this industry. Finally, some comments are offered regarding future financial institutions. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: PGfinan.wps

Factors One Should Consider When Establishing A Useful Management Accounting Information System
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This 5 page paper considers what factors need to be looked at before a company decides upon, and implements a new management accounting information system. Factors discussed include functionality, current and future information needs, the decision whether to buy or lease and influence and impact on employees. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEestaccs.rtf

Fair Value Accounting
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This 4 page paper examines the use of fair value accounting, looking at what it is the how it is used according to various IAS and IFRS regulations. The paper then uses IAS 39 as an example to explore how this can impact on annual company accounts. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEfairval.rtf

Fannie Mae
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An 8 page paper discussing the company that grew from its 1938 creation by Congress as the Federal National Mortgage Association. Today, it is responsible for its own business results but its continued existence is mandated by the federal government. It cannot merge into another company and so disappear, nor does it have complete freedom to seek its own course. Its purpose is to ensure liquidity in the mortgage market serving low- to middle-income families, a purpose it continues to serve quite well. Bibliography lists 10 sources; includes a chart and a table.
Filename: KSFanMae.wps

Fannie Mae
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A 14 page paper that offers a comprehensive discussion and examination of Fannie Mae. The Federal National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae, was originally chartered in 1937. Today, Fannie Mae is the largest buyer of mortgages for single-family homes in the nation. It does not act as the mortgage originator, instead, it buys the mortgages from the primary lenders. This paper introduces Fannie Mae discussing its operation and purpose. The essay than provides historical background of Fannie Mae, which leads into a discussion of the mortgage industry and also describes technological advances Fannie Mae is using and how these affect its operations. The next section presents a SWOT of Fannie Mae. The final section is recommendations for Fannie Mae. An executive summary is included. 1 Table reporting the most recent revenue and profits for the institution is included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGfnmae.rtf

FASB and Accounting Guidance for Consolidation of Special-Purpose Entities
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This 7 page report discusses the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) anticipated approval of an Exposure Draft attempting to establish appropriate guidance and standards for the consolidation of special-purpose entities (SPE) may result in implementation of procedures that, hopefully, will clarify rules and applications. The reason such an issue is of particular concern at this point in time is the fact that the inappropriate accounting practices at Enron included the use of SPEs and the ways in which the venerable Arthur Anderson accounting firm chose to look away from how SPEs were being used there. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWfasb.rtf

Federal Reserve And Monetary Policy
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A 4 page paper that begins by explaining what monetary policies are and how they are used to stabilize the economy. The writer then discusses what the Federal Reserve Bank is and its importance to the economy of the United States. The writer then reports the current economic state of the nation and the direction of recent monetary policies. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGfedmp.rtf

Federal Reserve And Monetary Policy - Effect On Economy
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This 10 page paper begins with an overview of the Federal Reserve Bank system, its duties and importance. The different monetary policy instruments the Fed uses are explained and discussed with examples, e.g., open market operations, reserve requirements and the discount window. Each is discussed. Examples include how the Fed used its options after the attacks of September 11, 2001 and again, how the Fed used its instruments following Katrina. The writer demonstrates that while monetary policy can expand or constrain economic growth, events in the economy also affect what the Federal Reserve Bank will do. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PGfedo5.rtf