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Eichenwald's non-disclosure
Former NY Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald -- best known for his coverage of the Enron scandal for the Times and his book on the scandal, Conspiracy of Fools -- penned this Times article (related blog post here) over a year...
The Ken Lay narratives
On several occasions while covering the Lay-Skilling trial, I noted that the Enron Task Force prosecutors were presenting a fundamentally weak case in an effective manner. Quite a few commenters both here and on other blogs took me to task...
While the price of asserting innocence is high, pleading guilty is lucrative
Alexei Barrionuevo, who has been doing a fine job covering the day-to-day developments in the Lay-Skilling trial for the New York Times, and his Times colleague Kurt Eichenwald -- who has written the best overall book on the Enron scandal,...
Lay-Skilling trial is a tough ticket
The Chronicle's Claudia Feldman reports on the logistical challenge of accomodating the overflow of media representatives and spectators during the upcoming trial of former key Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. Inasmuch as U.S. District Judge Sim Lake's courtroom...
The Talented Mr. Kopper
The NY Times' Landon Thomas, Jr. -- whose interesting article on former Merrill Lynch executive Nigerian Barge defendant Daniel Bayly was highlighted in this previous post -- scores again today with this fascinating article on Michael J. Kopper, the former...
An incredible story about webcam porn
NY Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald -- best known for his coverage of the Enron scandal for the paper and his book on the scandal, Conspiracy of Fools -- pens this remarkable Times article, which tells the incredibly sad story of...
The ubiquitous nature of business fraud
A couple of articles today about local business disputes reiterate the truism that, so long as humans are involved in a market economy, the risk of fraud is an essential element of virtually every transaction. In this NY Times article,...
More on "Conspiracy of Fools"
Following this earlier excerpt, The New York Sunday Times is running this second excerpt from Kurt Eichenwald's new book on the Enron scandal, Conspiracy of Fools. I am about halfway through Conspiracy of Fools and it is excellent. With more...
First excerpt from "Conspiracy of Fools"
This NY Sunday Times article provides the first excerpt from Kurt Eichenwald's new book about the collapse of Enron Corp. -- Conspiracy of Fools -- that was the subject of this earlier post. The entire excerpt is well worth reading,...
Enron-related developments
The Chronicle's Mary Flood, who continues to do a bang up job of keeping up with the unfolding events relating to the various aspects of the Enron scandal, has a couple of Enron-related news items today. First, she reports that...
Enron saga turns Grisham
This Weekend Advisor column in the Wall Street Journal ($) advises us that the market for books on the Enron scandal has not been all that great. The best book on the subject to date -- Bethany McLean and Peter...
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