| Description |
xvii, 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-377) and index. |
| Contents |
The job fair -- John Henry Kirby and the roots of Enron -- Buy or be bought -- The merger -- The Lays move to River Oaks -- The Valhalla fiasco -- "The smartest son of a bitch I've ever met" -- Banking on the Gas Bank -- Mark-to-market account-a-rama -- Enron goes international : Teesside -- The big shot buying binge -- "Kenny Boy" -- The Dabhol debacle -- OPIC : sweet subsidies -- A kinder, gentler Enron -- The reign of Skilling -- "A pit of vipers" -- Cash flow problems, part 1 -- Chewco : the 3-percent solution -- Sexcapades -- The family Lay -- LJM1 -- Buying off the board -- The deal diva -- Enron's Waterworld -- Hyping the bandwidth bubble -- Andy Fastow arrives ... in River Oaks -- Strippers and stock options -- Casino Enron : cash flow problems, part 2 -- LJM2 -- The Big Five versus the SEC -- Derivatives hocus-pocus -- Ken Rice : missing in action -- Analysts who think -- Air Enron -- Skilling says a bad word -- George W. to the rescue, part 1 -- Broadband blues -- Sleepless in Houston : cash flow problems, part 3 -- Sherron Watkins saves her own ass -- George W. to the rescue, part 2 -- You gotta have art -- Revenge of the raptors -- "An outstanding job as CFO" -- Fastow goes bye-bye -- Posh PJ's -- Greenspan gets the Enron prize -- One restatement too many -- The downgrade -- The bankruptcy -- Epilogue : "Salvation Armani". |
| Subject |
Enron Corp. -- Corrupt practices.
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Energy industries -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
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Business failures -- United States.
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| ISBN |
158648138X |
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