Word: enronizing
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...allegations about accounting mismanagement and a "cover-up'' to hide the problems. Marta Andreasen, 48, a professional accountant hired in January to modernize controls over the j98 billion E.U. budget, insisted she was forced to sign off on expenditures that could not be confirmed. "Unlike the issues surrounding Enron and WorldCom, where you can at least trace transactions and accounts, you cannot do so within the E.U. accounts as there is no system in place for tracing adjustments and changes to figures presented," Andreasen said at a press conference hosted by Britain's Conservative Party. "Fraud can therefore lie hidden...
...sizes within 30-60 days and be all natural. Absolutely no side effects! Be more self confident! Be more comfortable in bed! No more need for a lift or support bra! 100% GUARANTEED AND FROM A NAME YOU KNOW AND TRUST!" Let me guess: it's the Enron Enlarger...
...Administration's effort to seem concerned was not helped by Army Secretary Thomas White's appearance before a Senate committee last week. White, a former top executive at Enron, denied that he had a hand in manipulating energy prices in California while vice chairman of Enron Energy Services. Under verbal torture by Senate Democrats, he also had to explain his 77 phone calls from Washington to top Enron associates as that company was disintegrating--and as he was netting $12 million in Enron stock sales and as the war in Afghanistan was at full throttle...
...stock in a company that puts its name on a sports stadium, it might be time to think about selling. Fans of the Houston Astros flocked to Enron Field, and Tennessee Titans ticket holders went to Adelphia Coliseum for their home games--until earlier this year, when both troubled companies were unable to pay the millions of dollars required to keep their logos in lights. Dean Bonham, a sports-marketing expert in Denver who helps companies buy naming rights, says there are more than 60 multiyear naming deals in the U.S., worth a total of about $3.5 billion. Five...
...been prevented if the U.S. paid the dues it owed to the U.N. Population Fund, according to the U.N. $107 billion is the size of WorldCom's assets stated in its bankruptcy filing, marking the biggest corporate bust in U.S. history-the amount is almost double that of bankrupt Enron's 48 bullet-proof security cars were purchased in 2000 and 2001 by Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga costing $25 million 90 young Kabul boys were circumcised by Turkish army doctors on July 23rd as a goodwill gesture towards local Muslim families unable to finance the religious procedure...