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- Gov't to Skilling: You think this is funny?
  Posted by Billbar from CNN
  Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling was in the hot seat Monday, trading barbs with the prosecution in what's shaping up to be a grueling cross-examination.
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- On Stand, Skilling Vows to Fight Charges
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling declared he was "absolutely innocent" Monday as he began to testify in his own defense in his fraud and conspiracy trial. "I will fight those charges until the day I die," Skilling said. Takes gall.
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- Enron witness says he plundered reserves
  Posted by Billbar from Business Week
  Wesley H. Colwell, the former top accountant for Enron Corp.'s profitable trading division, testified Monday that he improperly raided reserves to increase earnings in mid-2000 when he learned former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling wanted to beat Wall Street expectations. Boy, this guy must have got a nice deal from the feds.
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- 'He was using Enron like a damn ATM'
  Posted by Billbar from Mail & Guardian
  Paula Rieker, a vice-president of investor relations and corporate secretary for Enron's board, testified that after directors learned that company founder Kenneth Lay repaid more than $70-million in company loans with Enron stock in 2001,"They were outraged," one member, John Duncan, saying: "He was using Enron like a damn ATM machine."
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- How The Media Missed Enron
  Posted by Billbar from Forbes
  But in the case of Enron, Zingales says that while there was sufficient accounting transparency, what was lacking were the incentives for uncovering negative information about a company. And he and his co-author offer evidence that these incentives diminish during stock market bubbles.
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- Enron Executive Agrees to Plea Deal
  Posted by Billbar from Washington Post
  Enron Corp.'s former chief accountant Richard A. Causey turns against former chief executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling in a plea deal.
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- Another Enron Exec Cops a Plea
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  So will Bush agree not to pardon Ken Lay?
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Damianmann comments on:
NYT column: Many bloggers think Ken Lay still lives
they say "bloggers" in such a sweeping way. Like ALL bloggers are insane or something. And we ALL agree on these things...because we're "bloggers"
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12:25 am 7/11/06
Jeff comments on:
NYT column: Many bloggers think Ken Lay still lives
Was there an open casket? Not that that would convince bloggers.
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11:14 pm 7/10/06
Damianmann comments on:
NYT column: Many bloggers think Ken Lay still lives
Odd isn't it?
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3:54 pm 7/10/06

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Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.
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