After the financial collapse of the Italian opera company in 1777 due to financial mis-management, Joseph II decided to end the performance of Italian opera, French spoken drama, and ballet.

HP's offer was regarded by analysts to be overvaluing Compaq, due to Compaq's shaky financial performance in the past recent years ( there were rumors that it could run out of money in 12 months and be forced to cease business operations had it stayed independent ), as well as Compaq's own more conservative valuation of its assets.

Deteriorating economic performance in 1997-98 culminated in a severe financial crisis in 1999.

* the conclusion of supply and performance contracts where the total turnover provided for therein is more than the percentage of turnover for the previous financial year ;

Mirroring the earlier booms in financial speculations in performance fees-structured investment vehicles of the 1920s and 1960s, during the 1990s the number of hedge funds increased significantly, with investments provided by the new wealth that was created during the 1990s stock market rise.

Instead of reflecting the performance of actual hedge funds they take a statistical approach to the analysis of historic hedge fund returns, and use this to construct a model of how hedge fund returns respond to the movements of various investable financial assets.

* International Standards on Auditing, professional standards for the performance of audits of financial information

The dominant rationale used to explain M & A activity is that acquiring firms seek improved financial performance.

The following motives are considered to improve financial performance:

However, on average and across the most commonly studied variables, acquiring firms ' financial performance does not positively change as a function of their acquisition activity.

A major layoff at the company occurred in August 2009 after the financial failure of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the poor performance of Wolfenstein, followed by another in October 2010 after delays with Singularity.

It almost certainly will come some very strong reactions from the markets, which only will confirm that if in Spain eventually rise the crisis, the whole world will suffer the same fate, and nobody wants that situation, so that in the medium term despite all these financial reactions must moderate and the economic performance of Spain and Europe should return to normal and growth.

The performance — featuring Spider Stacy repeatedly smashing himself over the head with a beer tray ( in the manner of Bob Blackman's infamous " Mule Train / Mule Tray ")— became a favourite with the viewers, but Stiff Records refused to release it as a single, feeling it was too late for it to help Red Roses for Me ( in fact Stiff Records was by then in deep financial trouble ).

Its central argument is that human intelligence is substantially influenced by both inherited and environmental factors and is a better predictor of many personal dynamics, including financial income, job performance, chance of unwanted pregnancy, and involvement in crime than are an individual's parental socioeconomic status, or education level.

Due to the complexity and financial and time requirements around this activity, some organizations now employ tools that can monitor and create production-like conditions ( also referred as " noise ") in their performance testing environments ( PTE ) to understand capacity and resource requirements and verify / validate quality attributes.

The orchestral premiere of The Planets suite, conducted at Holst's request by Adrian Boult, was held at short notice on 29 September 1918, during the last weeks of World War I, in the Queen's Hall with the financial support of Holst's friend and fellow composer H. Balfour Gardiner It was hastily rehearsed ; the musicians of the Queen's Hall Orchestra first saw the complicated music only two hours before the performance, and the choir for " Neptune " was recruited from pupils from St Paul's Girls ' School ( where Holst taught ).

The Oakland Ballet, performing in the city since 1965, folded temporarily in 2006 due financial problems and the closure of their performance facility, the Calvin Simmons Theater at the Kaiser Convention Center.

It was hoped that these measures would improve BAS's financial performance.

Despite the poor financial performance, 1962 turned out to be the busiest year in Silver City's 16-year history.

The goals for health systems, according to the WHO's World Health Report 2000-Health systems: improving performance ( WHO, 2000 ), are good health, responsiveness to the expectations of the population, and fair financial contribution.

" Earnings management " occurs when managers use judgment in financial reporting and in structuring transactions to alter financial reports to either mislead some stakeholders about the underlying economic performance of a company or influence contractual outcomes that depend on reported accounting numbers.

It shall be unlawful, in contravention of such rules or regulations as the Commission shall prescribe as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, for any officer or director of an issuer, or any other person acting under the direction thereof, to take any action to fraudulently influence, coerce, manipulate, or mislead any independent public or certified accountant engaged in the performance of an audit of the financial statements of that issuer for the purpose of rendering such financial statements materially misleading.

The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings.

The minister responsible for economic and financial affairs, Charles Wood, expected that private enterprise and free trade, rather than government intervention, would alleviate the famine.

* EDM Council, a forum for financial institutions on topics related to enterprise data management.

Insurance is a commercial enterprise and a major part of the financial services industry, but individual entities can also self-insure through saving money for possible future losses.

With thoughts of an impending Canadian gold-rush and trusting in the financial advice of Michael Lok, the treasurer of the company, de Vere signed a bond for £ 3, 000 in order to invest £ 1, 000 and to assume £ 2, 000 worth — about half — of Lok's personal investment in the enterprise.

In a financial institution, enterprise risk management is normally thought of as the combination of credit risk, interest rate risk or asset liability management, market risk, and operational risk.

The IFC's stated aim is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and achieve better living standards by mobilizing financial resources for private enterprise, promoting accessible and competitive markets, supporting businesses and other private sector entities, and creating jobs and delivering necessary services to those who are poverty-stricken or otherwise vulnerable.

These were complemented by a comprehensive package of structural reforms including privatization, enterprise, and financial sector reform, and creation of the legal framework for a market economy and private sector activity.

This contrasts with physical and financial forms of capital ; all three make up the value of an enterprise.

It has become a phenomenally successful enterprise in terms of financial growth, brand-name recognition, and worldwide expansion.

While the enterprise was not a financial success, it established her reputation as an educator.

Fibernet's roster of enterprise and carrier customers in the financial, insurance, and retail segments complemented Global Crossing's market position in the UK government and rail sectors.

Around a third of the railways authorised were never built – the company either collapsed due to poor financial planning, was bought out by a larger competitor before it could build its line, or turned out to be a fraudulent enterprise to channel investors ' money into another business.

While any type of business model innovation can lead to success, financial outperformers are more likely to be industry and enterprise business model innovators than revenue model innovators.

* The financial position of an enterprise is primarily provided in the Statement of Financial Position.

The common thread ( enacted in different ways, and subject to the constraints of various systems of national law ) is the principle that an enterprise or association should be owned and controlled by the people it serves, and share any surpluses on the basis of each members ' cooperative contribution ( as a producer, labourer or consumer ) rather than their capacity to invest financial capital.

For a business enterprise, all the relevant financial information, presented in a structured manner and in a form easy to understand, are called the financial statements.

" The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position, performance and changes in financial position of an enterprise that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions.

The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are not only tenured, but financial stakeholders in the enterprise as well, and participate in the elections of upper management and senior executives.

His spring 1958 collection almost certainly saved the enterprise from financial ruin ; the straight line of his creations, a softer version of Dior's New Look, catapulted him to international stardom with what would later be known as the " trapeze dress.

It has worked on projects for customers in financial services, public service, telecommunications and the enterprise community.