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  • Ken Rice: Man on the Edge


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    I began to write about Enron to discover the truth about the company, and to tell others. I knew that I would need educations in law, business, and natural gas, but one discipline that I did not realize I’d need was psychology. I don’t pretend to be able to analyze the executives of Enron, but I do find myself ...
    6 hours ago
  • Madoff in the news


    BEANIEVILLE - a day trading, swing trading and investing blogAuthority Authority: 140
    Bernie Madoff is now back in prison after being hospitalized due to a fall from his bed. He was earlier thought to have been beat assaulted. Hell be in the news for awhile, being the biggest Ponzi artist the world has ever known. Even the Chinese knows him, and an artist has Madoff on display at an art gallery.
    7 hours ago
  • Review of the decade: fallen financial stars of 2000-09


    Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.ukAuthority Authority: 964
    The Noughties was a decade when a number of businessmen had their reputations shredded. Here are 10 who went from hero to zero.
    21 hours ago
  • Dominic Cooke interview


    Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.ukAuthority Authority: 964
    Dominic Cookes tenure as artistic director at the Royal Court has seen two consecutive productions commissioned by his predecessor, Enron and Jerusalem, transfer to the West End.
    21 hours ago
  • Far Worse Than a Big Zero


    The LA ProgressiveAuthority Authority: 489
    Joseph Palermo: We can call the 2000s the "Worse Than Zero" decade or the "Big Zero," or anything we wish, but what characterized it most for me was the near total control of corporations, especially... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
    1 day ago
  • Enron Milestones of 2009


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    We are within Frisbee distance of 2010. As I look backward at 2009, I feel a great deal of satisfaction that some progress has been made, but mostly a great weariness that the Enron prosecutions continue. At the very top of the list, Scott Yeager won at the Supreme Court and was later completely exonerated by the ...
    1 day ago
  • The Honest Services of Jeff Skilling and the TSA


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    Our Glorious TSA , a post on Volokh Conspiracy, is a great read, and there was a truly intriguing comment: If I were granted a monopoly on offering a specific service, and then I pretended to offer it far more than actually offering it, would that be honest services fraud? Certainly it does seem to be a scheme to ...
    1 day ago
  • Joe Hirko Enters Prison


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    Joseph Hirko entered prison today to begin serving his sixteen month sentence after pleading guilty to approving a press release that contained no controversial information at all. Mr. Hirko is not guilty, but he chose this path for the benefit of his family, who was exhausted after eight years of being pursued by ...
    1 day ago
  • Sherron Watkins Giving Talk At Renaissance Weekend


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    Business and intellectual elite from around the country are descending on the South Carolina coast for the annual Renaissance Weekend. The 29th version of the annual gathering gets under way Tuesday in Charleston. Former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain Phil Lader hosts the event. He says about 1,000 people are ...
    1 day ago
  • Lucy Prebble interview for Enron


    Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.ukAuthority Authority: 964
    A notorious financial scandal has inspired one of our hottest new playwrights, Lucy Prebble.
    1 day ago
  • Today In Enron History


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    On December 29, 1999 Enron and Merrill Lynch finalized their written agreement concerning the Nigerian barge deal. The Nigerian Barge deal entailed Enron selling to Merrill Lynch its interest in Nigerian barges. Enron bought them back six month later, and then sold them to another company. The government alleges ...
    2 days ago
  • The Seven Prosecutors Of Rex Shelby


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    As Rex Shelby awaits a ruling from Judge Gilmore for his motion to dismiss, he is the last Enron man standing (three Nigerian Barge / Merrill Lynch defendants continue to wend through the justice system.) Since he was indicted in 2003, Rex Shelby has beat or exhausted six previous DOJ/FBI teams (not to mention three ...
    2 days ago
  • Enron Owned Wind Turbine Has Crashed In NY


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    A 187-ton wind turbine in upstate New York fell to the ground yesterday, December 27, for no apparent reason. The turbine was owned by Enron Corp. before GE bought the unit out of bankruptcy in 2002. The cause of the collapse is being investigated by teams from Fairfield-based General Electric Co. and Enel North ...
    2 days ago
  • Op-Ed Columnist: The Big Zero


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 904
    Paul Krugman
    3 days ago
  • The New Life Of The Giant E


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    A few weeks ago, I was at the Four Seasons. While there, I found myself pleasantly engaged in a conversation with a front-desk guy. He asked what I did, and I told him I was a writer. “What are you writing about?” he asked. “Enron.” His eyes lit up. “I’ll tell you something if you promise not to ...
    3 days ago
  • Today In Enron History


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    December 28, 2005, Chief Accounting Officer Rick Causey pleaded guilty to securities fraud in exchange for a prison term of five years. Causey said that he knew Enron’s presentation about its new EBS business at the January 20, 2000 conference was designed to, and likely would, cause an immediate increase in ...
    3 days ago
  • Not Quite The Smartest Guys in the Room


    The Devoted IntellectAuthority Authority: 127
    In 2001, Enron, after being named “America’s Most Innovative Company” by Fortune magazine six times , collapsed. How could something like this happen? How is it possible to hide hundreds of millions of dollars worth of losses?? And what is a “financial derivative” — that thing that played such a large ...
    4 days ago
  • Op-Ed Contributors: The Decade We Had


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 904
    Ten writers on the moments and events that will be remembered as the portents of America’s future.
    4 days ago
  • Andy Fastow Possibly Released


    cara ellisonAuthority Authority: 127
    I have heard – though I can not confirm – that Andy Fastow has been released from prison and is now at a halfway house. The BOP website still lists Andy being at Florence. I won’t bother to try and confirm his move until at least the beginning of the year. If this is true, that means he’s out two years ...
    6 days ago
  • Sonia Friedman: Im not one of the top female producers - Im one of the top producers


    Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.ukAuthority Authority: 964
    Sonia Friedman, the formidable producer behind the West Ends latest hit musical, Legally Blonde - which took more than £2million in advance ticket sales - says that despite the recession, business in theatreland is booming
    1 week ago

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