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...Thelen is the top director at the Opus Dei Center. He has silver hair, wire-rimmed glasses and an intense gaze. "Our philosophy is that lay people are in family life, social life and professional life, and we have to make a difference there. Opus Dei gives you a regime to keep in shape, tells you how to do it, and tells you how to help other people do it." But Thelen does not shy away when we ask him why Opus Dei is associated with conservative politics and a secretive agenda. He denies that Opus Dei has any interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day With Opus Dei | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...grilling of ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling is over. Next up is what prosecutors hope will be the filleting of company founder Ken Lay, who will take the witness stand Monday in the ongoing fraud and conspiracy trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Grilling of Skilling | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...Skilling was at times testy and had difficulty giving straight answers to questions as simple as his responsibility to shareholders. While he had the jury chuckling along with him at times this week, his haughty lectures on VARs and CDRs (Google them) might not have gone over so well. Lay, a preacher's son from Missouri who went from economics professor to pipeline wizard and mega-millionaire, may be a tougher target. Rotating calmly in his swivel chair at the defense table during Skilling's testimony, he has seemed blithely unconcerned about most of the prosecution's jabs against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Grilling of Skilling | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...families and are prepared to embrace unpopular church teachings such as its birth-control ban. Members take part in a rigorous course of spiritual "formation" stressing church doctrine and contemplation plus Escrivá's philosophy of work and personal holiness. Opus' core is its "numeraries," the 20% who, despite remaining lay, pledge celibacy, live together in one of about 1,700 sex-segregated "centers" and extend their training to a degree rivaling a priest's--all while holding day jobs, with most of their pay devolving to the group. That near cloistered life produces the group's most avid, satisfied members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ways of Opus Dei | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

That doesn't mean you should dismiss Wall Street research out of hand. Much of what analysts produce is helpful, especially if what you seek is broad background on an industry. Occasionally, analyst conclusions are earth moving. Recent testimony in the trial of former Enron top dogs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling revealed it was an analyst who first questioned the company's finances, prompting Skilling to fret aloud, "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Investing: Who Do You Trust? | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

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