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| | BBC NEWS Business Enron scandal at-a-glance |
 | | Sherron Watkins: Enron employee and "whistleblower" of the scandal. | | | Labour's relationship with Enron's accountants, Andersen, has also raised questions, especially as the firm was taken off the unofficial blacklist for government work, where it had been placed after the De Lorean car scandal in the early 1980s. | | | Enron lied about its profits and stands accused of a range of shady dealings, including concealing debts so they didn't show up in the company's accounts. |
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| | FindLaw Legal News: Special Coverage: Enron |
| | Letter from OMB Director Mitch Daniels to GSA re: government contracts with Andersen and Enron (Jan. 25, 2002) | | | Financial Oversight of Enron: The SEC and Private-Sector Watchdogs (Nov. 8, 2002) | | | Enron Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policy (pp. |
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http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/enron
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| | The ENRON Fraud Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins |
| | In late 2001, Enron revealed it would incur losses of at least $1 billion and would restate its financial results for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and the first two quarters of 2001, to correct errors that inflated Enron's net income by $591 million. | | | UC Settles with Arthur Andersen's International Firms in Enron Lawsuit | | | The consolidated complaint charges certain Enron executives and directors, its accountants, law firms, and banks with violations of the federal securities laws and alleges that defendants engaged in massive insider trading while making false and misleading statements about Enron's financial performance. |
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| | Enron Field |
| | Enron paid no income taxes in four of the last five years, using almost 900 subsidiaries in tax-haven countries and other techniques, an analysis of its financial reports to shareholders shows. | | | Enron reported increased revenues of almost $70 billion from the previous year. | | | As it expanded aggressively overseas in the 1990's, the Enron Corporation won an exemption from a Depression-era law that would have prevented its foreign operations from shifting debt off their books and that barred executives from investing in partnerships affiliated with the company. |
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| | Open Directory - Society: Issues: Business: Allegedly Unethical Firms: Enron |
| | Scotsman: Enron and Andersen Scandal - Archives of news and commentary. | | | Guardian Unlimited Special Reports: Enron - Examining the collapse of Enron, with articles and analysis relating to the causes of its failure, and the role of its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen. | | | Enron Watchdog - Proposals for corporate reform to prevent future "Enron debacles." Helps consumers, investors, employees, and taxpayers get involved in reform efforts. |
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http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Enron
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| | News Alert 11/9/01: Enron |
| | Enron has contributed to the campaign accounts of 71 current senators and 188 current members (43 percent) of the House. | | | Earlier this year, Enron was one of the country’s 10 largest companies and the leading energy broker in the United States. | | | The company’s contribution total for the 2000 elections more than doubled its political donations in each of the two previous election cycles. |
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http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/alertv6_31.asp
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| | The Enron Corporation:Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations Summary and Recommendations (January 1999) |
| | Enron’s local entity, the Dabhol Power Corporation, benefited directly from an official policy of suppressing dissent through misuse of the law, harassment of anti-Enron protest leaders and prominent environmental activists, and police practices ranging from arbitrary to brutal. | | | In the middle of 1992, the government of Maharashtra state announced that the Enron Corporation would build the largest electricity generating plant in the world for Maharashtra at a cost of approximately $3 billion. | | | In 1992, as part of an effort to liberalize the economy, the government of India announced that it was privatizing its energy sector. |
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http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/enron
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| | Forbes.com: Enron's Endgame |
| | Arthur Andersen fires a partner it says shredded Enron papers, but the auditor's problems began years before. | | | Enron execs got rich on options not because the share price rose, but because of grants from the board. | | | But even that seemingly straightforward designation turns out to be misleading since Enron's revenue was generated through the a dubious method it used to book energy trades. |
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http://www.forbes.com/2001/11/28/1128enron.html
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| | ENRON Erisa - Home |
| | The amended complaint names additional defendants, people and entities believed to be responsible for the damages incurred by current and former Enron employees, including investment bankers, corporate attorneys and Andersen entities. | | | Keller Rohrback announces Preliminary Approval of the $37.5 million dollar Enron Partial Settlement (plus interest, less attorneys’ fees and costs) to pay claims to all persons who were participants or beneficiaries in the Plans during the period from January 1, 1995 through December 2, 2001 (“Class Period”). | | | The proposed settlement does not resolve any of the claims against Arthur Andersen, LLP, the United States entity that audited Enron. |
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| | ENRONGATE |
| | Enron is accused of hiding its debts and creating a conflict of interest, according to investor lawsuits, by allowing its chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, to run several partnerships that were not disclosed to shareholders. | | | Thousands of Enron employees watched their retirement accounts dry up as the stock of Enron tumbled, due partially to top executives’ risky ventures, bringing on the largest corporate collapse in American history. | | | Because it may well be that the Enron executives misrepresented their corporation's situation in asking for policy recommendations from the Administration. |
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| | THE ENRON SCANDAL |
| | Enron was built with $7 billion (with a "b") of your tax dollars. | | | ENRON did not pay income tax 4 out of 5 years | | | 01/29/02 Current Comptroller General of the United States and head of the GAO was Global Managing Director for Arthur Anderson, the company which shredded Enron documents. |
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| | Enron Blog |
| | The documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,'' features Jeff Skilling in a skit mocking company accounting methods that were used to hide debt off the books. | | | Arthur Andersen issued this statement on June 15, 2002, six months after Enron filed for bankruptcy. | | | From the beginning through the bitter end, Andersen took the position that virtually everyone involved in the Enron scandal to one degree or another would embrace. |
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| | Enron |
| | One thing is clear: There are very few politicians in Washington that haven’t been on the receiving end of campaign donations from Enron or its equally troubled auditor, Arthur Andersen. | | | Over the last decade, both companies have been among the most prolific givers to federal candidates and parties, while at the same time spending millions of dollars on lobbyists to advance their agenda on Capitol Hill. | | | Arthur Andersen: The Enron Scandal's Other Big Donor (1/16/02) |
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| | BusinessWeek Online: BW Magazine |
| | Vinson and Elkins' heavy reliance on Enron is now a potential liability for the law firm | | | The SEC chairman talks about Enron, auditing, and his commitment to enforcement policies that dispel the temptation to play fast and loose | | | Lawyers, investment bankers, and accountants could walk away with as much as $300 million |
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| | Technorati Tag: Enron |
| | Enron: In-depth Company Information Go to Hoover's for in-depth, first-hand, company coverage provided by business experts. | | | It really is a remarkable thing that in a country where former corporate executives spend $60 million in legal fees to defend themselves against... | | | Convictions of Lay and Skilling offer another case study in business ethics The corporate powerbrokers behind one of the largest financial scandals in... |
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| | Timeline of Enron's Collapse (washingtonpost.com) |
| | 10: Former Enron senior accountant Wesley H. Colwell agrees to pay a $500,000 fine to settle government charges that he and other executives fraudulently manipulated the company's earnings, shifting energy-trading profits in California and other states to hide more than $1 billion in losses in 2000 and 2001. | | | 23: Former Enron chief accountant surrenders to authorities to face federal criminal charges that he served as an "architect" of a wide-ranging scheme to manipulate the company's earnings and improperly boost its stock price. | | | Glisan also will forfeit $1.3 million in profits and penalties from a transaction that allegedly swindled his own company. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25624-2002Jan10.html
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| | Amazon.com: Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room: DVD: Ken Lay (II),Sherron Watkins,Reverend James Nutter,David V. ... |
| | Gibney presents in horrifying detail not only the hubris and dishonesty of Lay, Skilling, Fastow and their cohorts, but also the blind greed of Merrill Lynch, Arthur Andersen and other corporations that blithely ignored the signs of impending doom in order to have a share of the pickings. | | | The DVD shows how they were beginning to lose their ability to think of new ideas to fool the public and the investors who never saw an Enron balance sheet or earnings statement. | | | Enter Andy Fastow another Enron executive in the mold of Jeff Skilling who managed to set up dummy corporations which were paying Enron. |
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| | Mark R. Levin on Joseph Lieberman & Robert Rubin & Citigroup & Enron on National Review Online |
| | However, this was the second time Rubin intervened in an attempt to keep Enron's credit rating high. | | | In addition to this week's disclosures about Citigroup's assistance in cooking Enron's books, during Enron's final days Rubin played a direct role in attempting to conceal Enron's financial condition from credit-rating agencies. | | | Given the central role played by Citigroup in concealing Enron's debt from investors, the general public, and government regulators, why, then, hasn't former Clinton treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, now the chairman of Citigroup's executive committee, been called to testify before Congress? |
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| | Spotlight on: Enron |
| | Joint Motion of Enron Corp. and the Division of Investment Management for an Extension of Time for Filing Papers and Postponement of the Hearing in This Proceeding in Order To Permit Completion of Settlement Discussions, Feb. 6, 2004 | | | Joint Motion of Enron Corp. and the Division of Investment Management for an Extension of Time for Filing Papers and Postponement of the Hearing in This Proceeding in Order To Permit Completion of Settlement Discussions, Jan. 30, 2004 | | | Motion of Public Citizen for Leave To Intervene in Opposition to Latest PUHCA Exemption Application of Enron Corporation, Feb. 5, 2004 |
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| | TIME: Behind the Enron Scandal |
| | Guilty of obstruction, Arthur Andersen becomes the first courtroom casualty of the Enron collapse | | | How Arthur Andersen's 'outside' auditors wound up in bed with the client — and made capitalism look bad | | | John McCain says 'we're all tainted.' But Big Business may be learning a lesson in how much money can buy |
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| | Documents Related to Enron |
| | The findings of Enron’s special investigative committee with respect to certain transactions between Enron and certain of its current and former officers and employees. | | | Chairman Tauzin Scolds Andersen For Destroying Enron Records | | | Senior Energy and Commerce Members Want Details On Former Enron Chairman’s Loan Transactions |
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| | Enron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The company still exists, operating a handful of key assets, and making preparations for the sale or spin-off of remaining businesses. | | | Enron Corporation is an energy company based in Houston, Texas. | | | Prior to its bankruptcy in late 2001, Enron employed around 21,000 people and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, and communications companies, with claimed revenues of $101 billion in 2000. |
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| | washingtonpost.com: Enron |
| | NASD Files Charges Against H&R Block: Brokers Sold Enron Bonds in Late 2001 | | | Opaque deals, accounting sleight of hand built firm, ensured demise. | | | Enron Barge Fraud Cost $13.7 Million: Jury Finding Could Yield Long Prison Terms for Executives |
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| | CNN.com - Tapes: Enron plotted to shut down power plant - Feb 3, 2005 |
| | FERC spokesman Bryan Lee said the commission has recommended that Enron be forced to disgorge more than $1.6 billion in profits it was found to have earned improperly. | | | Snohomish Public Utility District in Everett, Washington, released the tapes as part of its effort to void a $122 million lawsuit Enron has filed against it seeking payment for electricity it was contracted to provide. | | | All external sites will open in a new browser. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: Enron |
| | 01.06.05: Andersen cleared by supreme court over Enron | | | August 28 2002: By announcing the sale of its most valuable assets, the bankrupt US energy company, Enron, is phasing out its own existence. | | | January 23 2004: The former top accountant at Enron yesterday surrendered to authorities and was taken in handcuffs to a federal court in Houston, Texas, to face criminal charges stemming from the energy firm's collapse. |
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| | Enron on Trial: CNNMoney.com |
| | • Enron paid managers $744M -- June 17, 2002 | | | Even after Enron, people still load up their 401(k)s with company stock. | | | • Enron board: We were misled -- May 7, 2002 |
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| | Enron Owns the GOP |
| | How much have these Republicans taken from Enron? | | | Email these Texas Republicans and urge them to donate their Enron money to a charity for laid-off Enron employees. | | | News reports for the past month detail Perry's acceptance of a $25,000 payment from Enron chief Ken Lay the day after his appointment of former Enron executive Max Yzaguirre to head up the powerful Public Utilities Commission. |
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| | FT.com - Special Reports / Enron |
| | George W. Bush wants chief executives to become more accountable for financial problems at their companies following the collapse of Enron. | | | An array of executives, lawyers, bankers and institutions were formally named on Monday in an amended class action complaint for their alleged role in the Enron scandal. | | | It has such a ring to it, it feels as though it has happened already: that the world of accountancy is now dominated by just four firms instead of the Big Five. |
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