The aim of current research is to determine whether the earnings
management by income smoothing approach has impact on stock
returns for companies listed at Damascus Securities Exchange. The
sample includes (14) listed companies for the period fro
m the first
quarter of 2011 until the fourth quarter of 2015. Eckel method is
used to classify companies into two groups: smoother and nonsmoother
companies.
The merger and acquisition operations has been preferred choice for banks to grow
and becoming big .It got its importance in the world of partnership today due to the sever
competition in the business environment. This paper is an attempt to evalua
te the impact of
merger on the financial performance of bank Sradar that merged with bank Audi in 2004 to
formulate the Audi-Sradar banking group for private services. The evaluation is conducted
by applying the most recent model for financial analysis-the CAMEL model- that
measures the bank performance based on indicators such as the adequacy of capital, the
quality of assets, the efficiency of management, the quality of earnings and liquidity. The
study spans the period from 2000 to 2008. The study period is divided into the pre and post
merger periods. The data is primarily collected from the annual reports. The results reveal
that there is an improvement in the financial performance of Sradar bank in the post
merger period for most of the indicators in the CAMEL model.
