Monthly Archives: September 2011
Enron Novel, Part Two
I’m posting these chapters of my Enron novel (in progress) out of sequence to better confuse pirates and other bad actors. This is the first Broadband scene. The girl had her own private movie running, sunk into her own thoughts, … Continue reading
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The Osprey Odyssee Begins
I’ve been promising a big, massive, stupendous essay – or maybe just a primer – on Osprey and Whitewing for… oh, four years now? My friend Sheila has been promising an article about men in mirrors for just slightly longer … Continue reading
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Conversation With An Enron Executive About Mark to Market
Big is not the guy in question this time. We went to dinner. Had a bottle of wine. I pulled out my notebook, and he went freaking berserk writing notes about Mark to Market. I think this is just brilliant; … Continue reading
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It Isn’t About Me
Every week, without fail, someone will send an email or post a comment on my blog demanding to know “who I am.” Some are nice. Some say “I promise I won’t tell anyone else!” Some are rude. Some threaten me … Continue reading
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Sylvia Plath and Jeff Skilling
Perhaps I am oversensitive. I was listening again today to Sylvia Plath narrate her amazing poem, Daddy. Listen to the first stanza: She says: You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have … Continue reading
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Enron Did Not Lie On Its Financial Statements
This article in the SFGate, Detecting Financial Statement Fraud, caught my eye. Sayeth one Arthur Pinkasovitch: Looking back at Enron, perhaps the company best known for committing accounting fraud, you can see the many methods that were utilized in order … Continue reading
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ePower Applications
This is a screenshot of a page from the Enron ePower application disk. I like how killer is in quotes. “Killer.” Seems kinda nerdy.
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Highlights of Jeff Skilling’s Testimony
Petrocelli asked Skilling, on day two of his redirect, “Did you think of reserves as a place you could just pull out money for earnings?” Skilliing replied, “You couldn’t,” then repeated a phrase he had used several times before before … Continue reading
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Highlights of Ken Lay’s Testimony
“You have a long list of people to blame for Enron’s collapse, sir, and it gets longer and longer as you testify,” prosecutor John Hueston said in wrapping up his cross-examination of Lay. “And your list of people to blame … Continue reading
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Highlights of Ben Glisan’s Testimony
“We needed that cash and needed it badly. There wasn’t a plan to hold onto these assets for a better deal,” Glisan testified, in response to a defense suggestion that Enron held poor-performing assets in hopes of securing a better … Continue reading
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Highlights of Andy Fastow’s Testimony
One of the last issues raised in Fastow’s testimony was a series of calls from Skilling in October 2001, after Skilling had resigned, asking Fastow “why Enron wasn’t telling its story,” when The Wall Street Journal was writing about LJM. … Continue reading
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Defense Witnesses in the Skilling/Lay Trial
No. 1: Joannie Williamson, former assistant to Lay, Skilling Williamson worked in the chairman’s office and was a former assistant to both Lay and Skilling. She had also previously worked for former Enron investor-relations chief Mark Koenig, who she said … Continue reading
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Prosecution Witnesses in the Skilling/Lay Trial
No. 1: Mark Koenig, head of Enron investor relations Enron’s former head of investor relations, Koenig worked with top executives on quarterly conference calls with analysts. He prepared the company’s earnings statements and worked with top executives on conference calls … Continue reading
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ePower Online PowerPoint: Introduction To Enron Communications
This ECI PowerPoint presentation was created on September 7, 1999. It’s a clear, easy to understand sales and marketing document.
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