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...Which is critical. The rise and fall of Enron may have been merely part of "the genius of capitalism," as Paul O'Neill put it, but the genius of investor-based capitalism - that'd be our system - also depends on disclosure, on transparency, on every investor knowing what Ken Lay knew about Enron's financial habits when Ken Lay knew...
...these days, Arthur Andersen doesn't look much like an accounting firm that didn't know enough. "Enron whistle-blower" Sherron Wadkins didn't just tell Lay in August about her fears that their company would "implode in a wave of accounting scandals" - she told a top man at Andersen, who then told three Andersen partners, including the recently disavowed David Duncan, who was overseeing the Enron audit...
Galluccio said he is beginning to lay the groundwork for a campaign that will focus on the same “bread and butter” issues that have always been his major campaign issues—improving public education, increasing affordable housing and expanding access to health care...
...There were four bodies on the floor and bodily fluids seeping out on the floor," said Briggs, who arrived on the scene within minutes of the shootings. Briggs said the student shot the dean and the professor, then "executed" them as they lay on the floor. "He put the gun barrel to their backs and shot," said Briggs, who observed "powder burns" on the victims' shirts indicating they had been shot at close range...
...maybe we'll discover that the whole bunch, from Bush to Lay to Breaux to Lieberman, is as dirty as the air in Houston, which wouldn't be all that surprising. But if you're Kenneth Lay, you've probably put away your political checkbook for a while, maybe for good, and if you're Microsoft or Comcast or ExxonMobil you might be wondering if those guys in Washington are worth the money if they can't help you out when you need it the most...