(1) What is material?
Certain provisions of the SEC apply only to matters that are “material” to the financial condition of the company. Therefore, interpretation and application of those provisions relates to the issue of “what is material”.
Item 101 of Regulation S-K requires that companies must disclose material effects that compliance with environmental law will have on earnings, c
English Law
Dispersed Ownership
Power focus on
external stakeholders
Financing mostly from
stock market
Regulations to protect external investors
Continental Law
Concentrated Ownership
Power focus on
internal stakeholders
Financing mostly through loans
Regulations to protect
internal stakeholders
1.Under Common Law
Long-term capital from
② Electricity crisis
- The California electricity crisis, also known as the Western U.S. Energy Crisis, of 2000 and 2001 was a situation where California had an artificial shortage of electricity. The state suffered from multiple large-scale black-outs, one of the state's largest energy companies collapsed, and the economic fall-out greatly harmed Governor Gray Davis's standing.
Artificial
Another source of indirect costs of financial distress is higher costs of capital: Short-term loans by contractors and banks are expensive and difficult to obtain (http://www.investopedia.com),
Financial distress brings the bankruptcy so it has also brings about workout. The process of working with a lender to explore alternatives to foreclosure or bankruptcy after a default. This may invo
law and commentary applying to life in changed circumstances of Judaism limited the number of wives as 4. Polygamy took root in Arab world at the age of Muhammad. After 3 years of establish the Islam world, in 625, Uhud War was occurred. But Muslims were completely defeated in that battle, and as a result, Prophet Muhammad received a divine from Allah: “Alive people have to support orphans and