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Entries tagged "Enron"

From liquidity to liquidation

Bankruptcy has undergone a rapid evolution in the past decade, shaped by a financial system of tooth-rattling extremes.

Deals that defined an era

It begins with AOL-Time Warner and ends with the demise of Bear Stearns.

Intimations of fragility: 2001

The dot-com debacle spread, terrorists attacked and Enron imploded — it was a year to check your certainties at the door.

In search of the uber-mensch

AIG chairman Edward Liddy takes his lumps testifying before Congress.

Full disclosure

A prescription for reforming the U.S.'s accounting mess.

Loophole here, loophole there

For the little accounting firm that supposedly audited Bernard Madoff's securities outfit, it was easy to escape regulatory scrutiny.

Satyam's sting

In the scandal's wake, customers should revisit critical outsourcing relationships.

Satyam's search for truth

The Indian outsourcer finds itself with cooked books and new government bosses. Now what?

Board to distraction

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has made an unintended contribution to the current economic crisis.

GM in bankruptcy

Bailout or not, the odds are it will happen. Here's how it will unfold.

Redefining the blob

At the center of the economic crisis stand the credit raters. How should they be regulated and structured?

Insull's ghost

Lack of credit is sapping capital-intensive industries like utilities, which may force them into the biggest consolidation phase since the days of Commonwealth Edison.

Endless possibilities

Endless LLP's Garry Wilson.

Risky Business

How better asset-liability management could have blunted the current financial crisis.

Suspended privileges

The DOJ (again) tells prosecutors to back off, but corporate advocates say Congress must bolster attorney-client protections.