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CFO
September 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
The Uncertainty of Surety A pending face-off between bankers and insurers may put an end to a cheap source of credit enhancement.   |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
Citigroup Thrives, While Chase Shrivels Citigroup is king -- of just about everything financial. For one thing, it has unseated Merrill Lynch & Co. from its 11-year reign as the nation's lead underwriter... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Oh, the Games Enron Played The Enron story is not simply a case of a lone company that played with fire and got burned. Enron was able to take enormous risks while keeping shareholders in the dark because it could exploit accounting loopholes for subsidiaries that are available to most publicly traded companies. |
Fast Company
March 2002
John Ellis |
Life After Enron's Death Preventing another Enron means understanding what really went wrong. That means understanding transparency, opportunity, and speed... |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Beware the Syndicators Citigroup and J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., which syndicated billions of dollars of loans to Enron, should have known the truth about Enron’'s condition, and should not have had to depend on outside accountants or on the various rating agencies... |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Reporting: See-Through Finance The market's distaste for complex financing could raise your company's cost of capital, even if you comply with new reporting rules. |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Damien Cave |
Risky business How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of credit derivatives? |
U.S. Banker
May 2002 |
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan clearly believes that business should be big and should be run in a clubby atmosphere. Or else he chooses not to hear, see or speak of evil... |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
It's a Gas: The First Natural Gas Fund The first natural gas fund, United States Natural Gas Fund offers diversity -- and volatility. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2006
Mike Norman |
Don't Get Comfortable With Cheap Oil Still-untamed speculation on oil prices means it can snap back at any time. Investors, beware. |
CFO
Ronald Fink |
Beyond Enron The fate of Andrew Fastow and company casts a harsh light on off-balance-sheet financing... |
BusinessWeek
June 12, 2006
Michael Orey |
Enron's Last Mystery Was Enron's law firm, Vinson & Elkins, as blind to the company's shenanigans as it maintains? Internal messages suggest the firm doubted the legitimacy of some of Enron's business practices. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Strong Prices, Strong Profits at Occidental Soaring oil prices lead to soaring profits for this oil and gas producer. Should energy prices continue to creep higher and new production come online as expected, the stock could still have some room left for investors. |
BusinessWeek
January 29, 2007
Peter Coy |
Barrels Of Confusion Where crude prices go next is anybody's guess, so companies are learning to live with volatility - and Wall Street is cleaning up. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2006
Tim Hanson |
Meet the Men Who Fleeced Enron Former Enron workers and investors can be happy that at least a few smart folks stuck it to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, buying valuable assets on the cheap and building successful companies from what Enron discarded. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Anthony Bianco |
Ken Lay's Audacious Ignorance Even if one of America's worst ex-CEOs beats the rap - and he just might - history's verdict will be harsh. |
Salon.com
October 8, 2002
Andrew Leonard |
In greed we trusted Robert Bryce's Enron book entertainingly chronicles fraudulent excesses and office sex. But was Enron a fluke -- or capitalism taken to its logical extreme? |
The Family Room
Gary Foreman |
Why 'Gas Out' Won't Work ...email encouraging people to support a 'Gas Out' from April 7 to 9th. Everyone would refuse to buy gas those days... |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Big Oil, Bigger Profits ExxonMobil reaps the benefits of rising energy prices yet again. Whether the future holds more expensive oil or cheaper oil, investors can probably count on ExxonMobil to be there making the most of it. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Stephen Taub |
Enron: Another Final Chapter Ex-shareholders get a drop of solace in the form of $7.2 billion in settlements. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2006 |
Foolish Flashback: Enron's Jeff Skilling As the Enron trial of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling continues, here's a 2001 interview with Skilling about the company's presence on the Internet as well as his views of the California power shortage. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 7, 2008
Martha Lagace |
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron Companies can take steps to help senior executives avoid the two sources of leadership failure at Enron: personal opportunism and flights to utopianism. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Paula Dwyer |
The SEC To Top Execs: Read The Fine Print The Ken Lay criminal indictment has overshadowed the parallel SEC civil lawsuit. But corporate insiders and their attorneys would be wise to give the SEC complaint a close read. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
David Lee Smith |
You Can Still Benefit From Solid Enron Management Enron and its shenanigans may be gone, but you can benefit from its remaining strength. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Marie Leone |
Sempra Energy's Mark Snell Mark Snell explains how Sempra Energy went from being a utility holding company to a diversified energy and commodity trading business -- without Enron-style tactics. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
James Mehring |
High Anxiety over High Energy Winter is long gone, and major hostilities in Iraq officially ended in May. Yet energy prices in the U.S. haven't fallen back as much as expected. Natural gas and oil are still pricey -- and appear likely to take a big bite out of profits in some industries for months to come. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: How The U.S. Is Riding Out The Energy Storm Broader demand plus lower inflation and interest rates help bolster growth in the U.S. economy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 21, 2006
Malcolm S. Salter |
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Joseph McCafferty |
Portland General Electric's Jim Piro An Enron survivor, Piro had to reassure banks, creditors, ratings agencies, and customers that the utility wasn't tainted by the energy trader's sins. |
Salon.com
November 9, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
Enron, we hardly knew ye Ironically, only one thing could have saved the now-imploding corporate poster child for deregulation: Tougher regulations requiring more financial "transparency"... |
Salon.com
January 29, 2002
Jake Tapper |
How to be an Enron millionaire According to former colleagues, two executives reaped million-dollar windfalls by investing $6,000 apiece in the company's partnership scam. A case study in corporate rot... |
Geotimes
August 2004
Jay Chapman |
Wide Open West For years, the oil and gas industry has complained about limited or restricted access to energy resources in the American West. A new investigative report, however, turns this argument on its head. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2005
Topley & Kinsel |
Oil and Gas Options Fuel 1031 investments with these hot exchange alternatives. Prior to pursuing this option, commercial real estate investors should consult with a professional tax adviser to learn more about this viable replacement property alternative. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 4, 2003 |
Investor Group Bags Enron Building for $55.5M Houston's Enron Building has fetched $55.5 million from a group of investors. The 50-story glass tower was sold via private auction on Tuesday, but the sale must still be approved by a New York federal bankruptcy court judge. The investor group is led by a Houston cardiologist. |
U.S. Banker
July 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Next for Top Court: Securities Fraud Whether banks that help public firms commit fraud are also liable soon will be a question before the Supreme Court. Its decision will affect litigants in the still-simmering Enron case. |
Entrepreneur
January 2003
Jason Leopold |
Enron But Not Forgotten Being a former Enron employee doesn't necessarily leave you out in the cold in the business community -- not for entrepreneurs with the guts to restake their names on ventures of their own. |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
Julian Borger |
A corporate welfare state nightmare The Enron scandal exposes how the U.S. political system is bought and paid for... |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006 |
No More Brush-Offs How former Enron accountant Lisa Bromiley Meier finally got past the "Enron" on her resume. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Amy Borrus |
The Case of the Vanishing 401(k)s Are workers' suits over retirement plans forcing Corporate America to improve them? Or do people still think, "it won't happen to me." |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Anderson et. al |
The Bright Side Of $40 A Barrel Just when you think commodity prices can't go higher, the market proves otherwise. The stubbornly high prices are finally encouraging companies to explore, develop, and produce more oil and natural gas. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 26, 2009
Orla O'Sullivan |
J.P. Morgan Chase to Cut 12,000 Jobs, as WaMu Merged J.P. Morgan Chase anticipates saving about $2 billion through its acquisition of WAMU last September. Most of the savings, to be realized this year relate to the job cuts. |
Registered Rep.
May 19, 2008 |
Dimon Kicks It Old Skool JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has personally embarked on a letter-writing campaign to find employment for the "5,000-plus Bear employees who will not have a job after the takeover closes next month." |
Fast Company
May 2002
Charles Fishman |
What If You'd Worked at Enron? We've all heard the same Enron story: executives at the top behaving badly, victims at the bottom losing their savings. But the truth is in the middle... |
Salon.com
November 30, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
Will Bush be tarnished by Enron's collapse? The crash of his top corporate backer should discredit the president's anti-regulation economic policies, but it's unlikely to lead to reform... |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2009
David Lee Smith |
Is Now the Time to Buy Natural Gas? It may be time to revisit energy, but is it still too soon for natural gas? |
U.S. Banker
November 2001 |
Warner Cashes In Last year, Douglas A. (Sandy) Warner III earned a $700,000 salary, and received a $13.7 million bonus. This for undoing perhaps the proudest name in American banking, J. P. Morgan & Co... |
CFO
October 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
Default Swap Faults A dispute in the Enron bankruptcy case highlights troubling questions about credit default insurance. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Aaron Pressman |
Capitalizing on Cheap Natural Gas Oil prices have climbed steeply, which has investors eyeing natural gas plays. But it can be tricky. |
Salon.com
June 26, 2002
Damien Cave |
Foxes guarding the chicken coop President Bush's nominees to the agency that should have regulated Enron's derivatives trading instead helped write the rules that let the company do whatever it wanted in the first place. |
Wired
February 2002
Adam Lashinsky |
The Post-Enron Economy Sometimes it takes a meltdown to force regulators into action... |
