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...report, comparing the partnership to those employed by Enron, charged that the partnership “was controlled by and transparent only to Harken insiders, and likely was used to artificially brighten the company’s business projects...
...Harken, it took on an even larger role as an investor when it helped to create Harvard Anadarko Partnership (HAP) in December 1990—a move which helped Harken to remain solvent and which HarvardWatch has compared to the off-the-book shadow companies and partnerships used at Enron...
...same time, unlike the fake companies set up by Enron executives, the formation of the partnership made HMC liable for the debt associated with Harken properties, Meyer says...
...that plague professional sports. It’s a standard complaint, yes, but I think it’s legit in the Houston case. We don’t throw around money to lure in big names with the lone exception of the failed Randy Johnson experiment. After the Enron debacle, the only good thing I can say about Minute Maid Park is its awesome nickname of the JuiceBox...
...late July, after the corruption at Enron, Worldcom and Tyco had seemingly mortally wounded consumer confidence, and the uproar against corporate crime was reaching its peak, it was convenient for Bush to join the battle cry and come down hard on the corporate villains. Likewise, it was convenient for Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002—also called the “Accounting Reform Act”—reaching out to the victimized common man and calling for the eradication of big business deceit...