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Lease Accounting
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A 4 page memo explaining the difference between direct financing, sales-type and operating leases for accounting purposes. Currently SFAS 13 allows companies to keep some leases off their balance sheets, as noted above. Businesses prefer to keep such leases off their balance sheets; investors prefer full disclosure of a business' total liabilities. FASB announced in 2006 it would investigate (Taub, 2006); any changes to current practice will be announced in 2009. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSacctLease.rtf

Lease or Buy
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The decision to buy or lease is faced by many businesses. This 4 page paper considers the purchase or lease of a large piece of equipment and considers the advantages and disadvantages of each option. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEbuylea.rtf

Lease or Buy?
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This 3 page paper looks at two issues. The first assesses whether it is best to lease or buy equipment, the second considers issues facing business today and the dangers of cyber crime and information technology and why outsourcing maybe cost effective.
Filename: TEbesbuy.rtf

Leases R Us
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A 2 page solution to a problem determining the lease payment for a piece of machinery with a functional life of 5 years. The solution provides the present value of the lease allowing for the depreciation tax shield and real salvage value to determine the annual lease payment, adjusted for tax effects. An additional 3 page section includes a partial solution to another problem involving finding standard deviation, correlation and beta in preparation for determining whether the CAPM equation results in accurate pricing of several securities. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSfinLeaseRus.rtf

Leasing; The Reason its' Increasing Popularity
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This 9 page paper considers the increased use of leasing as a tool of commerce, consider how and why it has occurred as well as looking at the advantages that are presented n terms of cash flow and accenting practices. The writer finishes with consideration of the future of leasing. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TElease1.rtf

Leave Those Investments Alone!
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A 6 page paper with an additional 1-page sentence outline addressing the old rules of investing that dictate to invest wisely and then give the investments time to perform. The market responds to more stimuli in today’s global economy than at any other time, and those old rules not only are not outdated, they are more important than ever. The pre-boom rule of thumb regarding patience in investing still applies today. As is the case with most adages, this one of investing money and then leaving the investment alone still applies because it works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Leavinv.wps

Leaving Variance Analysis Behind
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A 9 page paper discussing this traditional accounting tool and some of the reasons for its falling out of favor over time. The theory of constraints and its throughput approach as well as activity-based costing have been instrumental in turning interest away from variance analysis. The Harvard-style bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSacctVarABC.rtf

LEESON, BARINGS AND THE FALL OF AN INSTITUTION
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This 6-page paper discussses how Nick Leeson's trading practices ended up causing the failure of the Barings Group. Topics touched upon include the riskiness of futures trading, derivatives and lack of supervision on the part of Barings, SIMEX and OSE. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTleeson.rtf

Legislation, The Internet And Mortgages
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This 5 page paper explores the concern over the possible utilization of the Internet by mortgage companies that have been engaged in unfair lending practices. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTmtglaw.wps

Leland Industries
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This 3 page paper considers a case provided by the student. The paper looks at how a bond rating may be given, the way the yield to maturity on a bond may be calculated and the way interest payable may be calculated. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEleland.rtf