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...Other experts point out that Skilling's credibility has already been damaged over charges of insider trading. He and his ex-wife Susan and soon-to-be-wife Rebecca all unloaded millions of dollars' worth of stock when Enron's fortunes started to plummet. When the prosecution pressed him about the coincidence, Skilling denied talking to them about the company's fortunes, testimony that his ex-wife confirmed, somewhat unconvincingly, in court. (The jury tittered when she said she "didn't pay much attention" to her ex.) "They directly impeached him on insider trading. His story's just not credible...
...defendant, it raises the question of why he didn't bring up the issue himself with Skilling. Did he not believe Watkins? Or not trust Skilling? In the days after he saw her, Lay checked into the legal consequences of firing her - and he also sold Enron stock. Says attorney Berg: "I don't understand this Peter Pan defense. I just don't think it's going to sell in light of the impressive empirical data that Enron no longer exists...
...Whole Foods has grown to encompass 181 stores in 30 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Britain, with 40,000 employees and 64 more stores in development. Annual sales reached $4.7 billion in 2004, and the company aims to arrive at $12 billion by 2010. Its stock price has shot up 62% in the past year, and same-store sales have increased 13% for three years in a row, a rate of growth, analysts say, that not even Starbucks can match...
...Erian himself adds to Harvard’s stock of brainpower. With a doctorate in economics from Oxford University, he has served as a senior official at the International Monetary Fund, the head of the emerging market research team at the predecessor to Citigroup, and as the chief of the Pacific Investment Management Company’s $28 billion emerging market portfolio...
...That definitely lowered my stock in the recruitment process,” he says. “Some big-time schools were still looking, but it wound up really increasing my interest in Harvard...