Word: enronization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...economy's slump began under that sorry so-called President Bill Clinton ... you can't blame the economy's slip on a President. If anyone is to blame it would have to be the terrorists, the rip-off artists in huge companies (i.e. Enron, Tyco, Martha Stewart) ... and leftist reporters and media such as Time Magazine. Wade Spruill Birmingham...
...supposed to monitor for much of its funding—seven out of the 11 monitors are for-profit, some with a history of doing business with the companies they’re monitoring. Especially given the recent record of failed corporate self-supervision and political sponsorship (think Enron), Harvard should know better than to let the fox guard the hen house...
...CORPORATE AMERICA CLEANER NOW THAN IT WAS A YEAR OR TWO AGO WHEN ENRON AND ALL THE OTHER BIG SCANDALS BROKE? I think that there has been an emotional shift both on Wall Street and in boardrooms. What's changed is the level of arrogance that drove corporate governance to the precipice. I think it's safe to get back into the market now as long as you have an adequate degree of caution. And as an investor, you should never forget that it's your money at stake, not theirs. Oh, and if you see a shark...
...Vision, an auto consultancy, "but it alone rarely increases sales." Houston stadiums have had some bad karma too. Reliant Energy bought naming rights to the NFL's Houston Texans stadium three years ago. The company, now called CenterPoint Energy, has seen its stock drop 70% since the deal. Remember Enron Field, home of baseball's Houston Astros? The team had to buy back the name from the scandalous energy company. New name: Minute Maid Park...
...spot the red flags: inflated growth assumptions for pension assets, a subsidiary controlled by a son-in-law, lots of synthetic leases. Then get your money out. Compare the most recent reports to those of past years, and skim for the new material--if more investors had noticed Enron's infamous Footnote 16 from its 1999 10-K, which described sketchy off-balance-sheet deals, they could have saved millions. And look for onetime charges that appear year after year. "It's a little bit about being a nerd," says Leder...