Monthly Archives: September 2010
An Example of Conflict of Interest
I found this in a public filing today: Related party transactions At June 30, 2010, the Company owed (amount deleted) to (deleted) (purchased by deleted in 2009), a former related party with common directors and officers. These fees relate to … Continue reading
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Today In Enron History
September 30, 1998 was the day the Modulus DASH was approved and signed by Enron Corporation, allowing Enron to buy the tiny cutting-edge software company. Modulus wasn’t large but it was powerful. It was the workplace of some truly brilliant, … Continue reading
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Ken Rice and Rex Shelby Discuss The Country Music Awards
Guess what Enron did. They broadcast a program over the interwebnets on September 23, 1999. This was a huge accomplishment, made even more remarkable because customers were able to select the quality of service they received. This was an email … Continue reading
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Will You Change The World Today?
This document is an email to Ken Rice from Tim Gros, and a proposed press release is attached about bandwidth trading. I love the press release; I think it sparkles. Will you change the world today?
Filed under Enron Broadband Services
Were Sun & Cisco In On The Conspiracy?
Rex Shelby’s Enron emails are something to behold in their utter brain-melting, stupor-inducing boredom. For a company that was known to be completely saturated in sex, drugs, and corruption, apparently Rex Shelby thought people were actually there to work because … Continue reading
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Bill Collins’ Long Goodbye
Bill Collins’ emails never fail to cheer me up. They’re utterly perfect in their craziness. Oh sure, I feel bad for Scott Yeager, having to deal with this guy’s PMS mood swings, but I’m confident in Scott’s ability to handle … Continue reading
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A Christian Judgement of Enron
Enron & Ezekiel appeared on my radar today and it completely blew my mind. Not because it was so great, but because I could not believe that a woman whose entire blog seems to be about Christianity would spend a … Continue reading
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Enron Employed 100 Million People
I know it’s ridiculous to try and answer every stupid-head that comes down the pike, but this amused me. A hundred million people? That’s a third of the population of the United States. That’s ten times larger than the population … Continue reading
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WSJ & USA Today Highlight Prosecutorial Abuse
For the past six months, I’ve watched as several DOJ officials have come forward to complain that the DOJ has been whitewashing prosecutions, refusing to prosecute crimes against white victims: notably, the Black Panthers case in which two Black Panthers … Continue reading
Enron Makes Appearance In “My Generation”
WSJ has a review of the new tv show, My Generation. Apparently in the show, Enron touches the lives of two families. So sayeth WSJ: And the crumbling of Enron touched two characters’ families. Disillusioned by the downfall of his … Continue reading
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Skilling Oral Arguments Set For November
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has set oral arguments for November 1 in Jeff Skilling’s bid for a new trial. The Supreme Court ordered the appeals court to reconsider Skilling’s case after the high court ruled that a central … Continue reading
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Blockbuster Declares Bankruptcy
Blockbuster has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I got a few notes about this but I’m pretty much incapacitated with the flu right now so I probably didn’t answer them. If I did, the Nyquil has obscured any recollection of it. … Continue reading
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Second Quarter 2001 Conference Call Transcript
Transcript of Q2 2001 earnings conference call
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