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Auditor general funds frozen
Abbotsford News, Canada - Jun 8, 2006
... He compared the government to the private sector, and noted that private corporations (such as Enron) have led investors astray by scandals such as off-balance ...
(2006-06-08 23:09:00 GMT)
Former Merrill Lynch executives get chance for bond in Enron case
Boston Globe, United States - Jun 8, 2006
HOUSTON --Two former Merrill Lynch executives convicted in connection with Enron Corp.'s bogus sale of power barges to the brokerage can post bond and be ...
(2006-06-08 22:51:00 GMT)
Government prosecutors earn praise
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - Jun 8, 2006
... Make no mistake about it, Lay and Skilling are guilty, not merely of the stated crimes but of a cruel betrayal of Enron investors and employees, people who ...
(2006-06-08 19:06:00 GMT)
It's business as usual despite Enron decision
Business Edge, Canada - Jun 8, 2006
Those Enron bullies are bound for the crowbar hotel. Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have been found guilty of the big lie that was Enron. ...
(2006-06-08 16:17:00 GMT)
United States: Enron Chiefs Lay and Skilling Took the Stand and ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription), UK - Jun 8, 2006
As their trial began in January, former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling faced the same dilemma as other recently convicted corporate ...
(2006-06-08 15:59:00 GMT)
Prosecutors praised, congress scolded
Warrick Publishing, IN - Jun 8, 2006
... Why, just the other day a federal judge and jury found Enron executives Kenny Boy Lay and Jeffrey Skilling guilty of a dazzling number of corporate crimes ...
Government prosecutors earn praise Casa Grande Valley Newspapers
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(2006-06-08 13:35:00 GMT)
The Enron verdict: Good lesson, but cold comfort to victims
Salem News, USA - Jun 8, 2006
By Providence Journal. The court proceedings against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling put more than Enron's top two executives on trial. ...
(2006-06-08 13:15:00 GMT)
Any lessons from Enron?
The Nation, Malawi, Malawi - Jun 8, 2006
The bankruptcy and subsequent downfall of US energy giant Enron reverberated as it shocked the corporate world in 2001. Dubbed by ...
(2006-06-08 12:58:00 GMT)
Employees Increasingly Getting Canned for Abusing Company Email
TMCnet - Jun 8, 2006
... One example was when prosecutors used emails to build their case against Ken Lay, Enron founder and ex-CEO. He is now facing a 165-year prison sentence. ...
(2006-06-08 12:20:00 GMT)
McSweeney aims to draw out Bean for 24 debates
Pioneer Press Online, IL - Jun 8, 2006
... Melissa Bean, D-8th, even if it means discussing a meeting he attended with Enron officials in Houston just before the energy giant's collapse. ...
(2006-06-08 12:11:00 GMT)
Planning for Life
State Journal, WV - 18
... Experts point to catastrophic financial events such as the Enron- and WorldCom-type scandals as a powerful motivator to reassess retirement plans and ...
(2006-06-08 10:03:00 GMT)
Communication gap benefits rogue CPAs
Newark Star Ledger, USA - Jun 7, 2006
... lumps, particularly with the abrupt annihilation of Arthur An dersen and the jobs of thousands of auditors who had nothing to do with the firm's Enron account. ...
(2006-06-08 06:29:00 GMT)
MU keeps Lay's Gift
UM Maneater, MO - 21
Even with a guilty verdict attached to Ken Lay’s name, the UM system has no plans to return the endowment donation from the ex-Enron executive. ...
Enron convictions a wake-up call News-Leader.com
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(2006-06-08 06:04:00 GMT)

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Facility to shed Lay's name
Houston Chronicle, United States - Jun 7, 2006
Honoring a request from convicted former Enron chief Ken Lay, the YMCA of Greater Houston's executive board has agreed to remove his name from a Katy facility. ...
Katy YMCA drops Lay's name Houstonist
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(2006-06-08 05:45:00 GMT)
Lesson for business
Patriot-News, PA - 20
Last month, the Enron jury told some business people that maybe they need to go back to school for some basic lessons in accountability, responsibility and ...
Can the Enron convictions help change business culture for the ... Asheville Citizen-Times
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(2006-06-08 04:16:00 GMT)
... and then the mask slipped
Aspen Times, CO - Jun 7, 2006
... public benefactors. Perhaps the most notorious of the bunch was our own occasional resident Ken Lay, former top guy at Enron. (He ...
(2006-06-08 00:15:00 GMT)
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San Diego Broke Laws in Pension Crisis, Panel Says New York Times, United States - 16 ... by the private sector in recent years, as American business has sought to restore confidence in the wake of big accounting scandals at Enron and other companies ... San Diego engaged in reckless fiscal mismanagement, report says San Jose Mercury News $20 Million Audit Report Slams City Officials NBC Sandiego.com Report says San Diego deliberately mismanaged finances for years KESQ KVOA.com - Bloomberg - all 114 related
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