Monthly Archives: November 2010
2000 Analyst Conference
EBS Part 1 EBS Part 2 EBS Part 2, Retail Part 1 EBS Edited Tape 4 EBS Clips Rex Shelby John Bloomer Shawna Meyer Part One Shawna Meyer, Part Two
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Rex Shelby Video
You can see the infamous Rex Shelby video here. I will be posting the entire 2000 Analyst Conference in the next 48 hours or so but because today is Rex Shelby day, I’d like to start with this. Minute 3:55 … Continue reading
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Layer Cake
February 4, 2009 When I get home {from London; from New York; from shopping; from the office; } I will drop my things in the nearest chair. {my purse; my jacket; my gym bag; my keys; } In my bedroom, … Continue reading
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Rex’s Settlement
Rex Shelby has depleted his available life savings in defending himself for more than eight years so he now does not have enough money for another trial. Therefore, he has accepted a plea deal in which the government is likely … Continue reading
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Rex Shelby Pleads Guilty
Rex Shelby accepted a plea deal today. I am torn between telling the truth about how I feel and reporting the objective facts. I am usually pretty good at weaving together the two elements, but tonight, on this one subject, … Continue reading
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Rex Shelby Accepts Plea
Rex Shelby has accepted a plea deal. Details to follow by 7PM Central Standard Time.
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Sherron Watkins Discusses God and Enron
Sherron Watkins has graciously decided to share with us her views on God. Sherron Watkins brought bad news to the top in 2001 when she met with Enron’s chief executive officer Kenneth Lay to tell him the doomed company was … Continue reading
Bethany and Sean “Still Fighting Bad Guys”
Gag me. Journalist Bethany McLean and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Berkowitz are still battling the bad guys. She’s the former Fortune reporter who busted open the Enron debacle and co-wrote “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” a best-seller that … Continue reading
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What Almost Happened
What almost happened was you got to see the original Enron Intelligent Network “ePower” website. And the original EnronOnline. That’s why I bought Enron-Online.com. I wanted to recreate it, so you could see it with your own four eyes. I … Continue reading
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Dear Mark Palmer
Dear Mark Palmer, All your friends love you, so I do too. You have a wonderful reputation for creating kick ass PowerPoints, among other things. Which is why, when I found this I became quite amused. You worked for a … Continue reading
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Alex Gibney Talks Elliot Spitzer and “Nice Men” Lay and Skilling
Alex Gibney is back. Speaking to Culture Map, Gibney talks about his new obsession: Elliot Spitzer and defends his abortion of a movie, Smartest Guys In The Room. The pertinent quote from the interview: CM: A final question. You’ve returned … Continue reading
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Things Enron Executives Have Said To Me Today
“I never use Viagra!” “I think the federal prosecutors are finding that people are treating them like someone who has decided to give up showers. People are avoiding them.” “I had an enormous baked potato for lunch — it was … Continue reading
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Extradition In The UK
After my NatWest post that mentions Allen Stanford, I discovered that the UK coalition Government announced a review of the extradition laws, and now they are seeking submissions from people interested in sharing their views. The missive reads: Members of … Continue reading
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One Million
When I was a freshman in college, my physics professor began his class by teaching us how to count. How to really count. He would ask us to figure out how many oak tree leaves were in the United States, … Continue reading
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Allen Stanford and the NatWest Three
The WSJ has a story about Allen Stanford and a link to the UK’s Daily Mail which has some rather disturbing pictures of the accused ponzi schemer. A few things jumped out at me about the story: 1.) We aren’t … Continue reading
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