Please note: The Enron Index was damaged on October 10, 2011 and I am in the process of rebuilding it.
Biographies
Legal Documents
Corporate
Indictments
SEC Actions
SEC Complaint Re: David Duncan
Transcripts & Testimony
Ken Lay Banking Trial Transcript
Transcript of Rick Causey’s Sentencing
Broadband
Scott Yeager’s Supreme Court Oral Arguments Transcript
Enron Broadband Services Jury Note #5
Scott Yeager Desires To Hunt Quail
Rex Shelby & Joseph Hirko’s Motion to Dismiss Based on Prosecutorial Misconduct
Fifth Circuit Grants DOJ’s Motion to Dismiss Rex Shelby’s Motion For Appeal [Travesty of justice]
Scott Yeager 5th Circuit Decision [This is the final decision not to review the question of whether Yeager had or used insider information to trade Enron stock.]
Rex Shelby’s Amicus Brief In Support of Scott Yeager Before The United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court opinion in favor of Scott Yeager in the case of Yeager v. USA
Hirko remanded to 5th Circuit in light of Yeager’s victory at the Supreme Court
Rex Shelby’s Supreme Court Petition [July 2008]
Campbell’s Discovery Letter In Re: Hirko
Rex Shelby’s & Joe Hirko’s Motion To Dismiss Due To Prosecutorial Abuse
Nigerian Barges/ Merrill Lynch
Daniel Bayly Sentencing Transcript
Government Motion to Strike Counts
Brown’s Opposition to Continuance
Government’s Motion to Dimiss Counts Against James A. Brown
James A. Brown Dismissal Order
James Brown Appeals To Fifth Circuit For New Trial [Documents]
Reply Brief for Appellant Daniel Bayly
James Brown Request For Oral Arguments (5th Circuit)
NatWest
Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen Supreme Court Opinion
Jeff Skilling
Trial
Jeff Skilling’s Opening Merits Brief on Remand (Bail request)
Government Motion To Admit Evidence That Ken Lay Failed To Repay Credit Line
Twenty-second Joint Status Report Regarding State of Discovery In USA v. Skilling
Judge Sim Lake Denies Motion to Change Venue
Government’s Opposition to Jeff Skilling’s Motion To Dismiss
Jeff Skilling’s Motions For Extension To File Petition For Rehearing
5th Circuit
Skilling Supplemental Brief on Fastow Interview Notes
5th Circuit Appeal – On Remand From The Supreme Court (April 11, 2011)
Supreme Court 1
Skilling Petition to Supreme Court
Supreme Court 2
Writ of Certiorari November 28, 2011
Other Trial Commentary
Defense Witnesses In The Skilling/Lay Trial
Prosecution Witnesses In The Skilling/Lay Trial
Highlights of Ken Lay’s Testimony
Highlights of Jeff Skilling’s Testimony
Highlights Of Andy Fastow’s Testimony
Highlights of Ben Glisan’s Testimony
Proffer & Plea Agreements
Ken Rice
Lea Fastow
Ben Glisan
Paula Reiker
Kevin Hannon (Cooperation Agreement)
Mark Koenig
Tim Belden
Jeffrey Richter
Andy Fastow
Rick Causey
Rex Shelby
Joe Hirko
Kevin Howard
John Bloomer
Larry Lawyer (Information)
Enron Corporation General
Disclosure of Michael Kopper’s Interest In Chewco
Former Enron Trader Hosts Michelle Obama
The Supposed Enron Employee Lockout
Rebecca Mark As A Dynasty Character
Enron Executives: Brilliant, Kind, and Pistol-Hot
FT: Ten Years On, Enron Remains An Open Sore
Rich Kinder: The Luckiest Ex-Enron Employee
Skilling Keeps Up Fight From Prison
Kinder Morgan’s El Paso Deal Validates Enron
Chron: Five Years Later, Skilling’s Sentence Still Up In The Air
WSJ: Shadow Of Enron Still Lingers
Enron Stock During October 2001
Enron’s Revenue Per Employee [Chart]
A Game Theory Explanation Of The PRC
Enron Stockholder’s Secret Side Deal With Prosecutors
The Demise of Enron Stock [Graphic]
The Osprey Odyssey Begins [Osprey- Condor- Whitewing- Enron relationship graphic]
Enron Did Not Lie On Its Financial Statements
Deconstructing An Enron Advertisement
A Perfect Storm For Solyndra But Not For Enron
Calendar of Release Dates For Enron Defendants
Enron, Two O’Clock In The Afternoon
Enron Goes Down (Not The Fun Way)
Enron Setbacks Could Hurt Other White Collar Prosecutions
Memories Of A More Guilty Time
Vermont Rejects Enron: Baby Jesus Cries
Former Enron Exec Settles With SEC
Cara Scoops Chron Again On Enron
Cindy Olsen Writes Enron Memoir
Things I’ve Learned Since I Fell In Love With Enron
Can I Get Money From Worthless Enron Stock?
Everything Wrong With The Smartest Guys In The Room
Enron A Focus Of New Oil Inquiry
Reasonable Profits: How Democrats Continue To Misunderstand Enron
Former Enron Employees Keep Fraudulent Money
Enron Lawyers Must Provide Records
Prosecutors Don’t Have To Charge You To Ruin Your Life
Insider Trading Should Not Be A Crime
How To Not Avoid Another Enron
Andy Fastow’s CFO Magazine Article
We Owe Andy Fastow A Huge Apology
WSJ Admits Guilt In Enron Case
Shortseller Charged With Spreading False Rumors
Kinder Morgan Inspires New Conspiracy Theories
Bear Stearns Blames Gossip For Run On The Bank
Enron Employees Still Being Paid
Do You Secretly Want To Be Jeff Skilling?
Enron Primer: Hedging & The Origin of LJM1
Jeff Skilling Tells Jury He’s Innocent [Repost -- Written April 10, 2006]
Ken & Linda Lay’s Condo For Sale
Enron Conspiracies: How Stupid People Like To Spend Their Time
LA Times: Enron Knew How To Throw A Party
Enron Journalism: How The Book Is Being Written
Enron Hair: The Best Of A Great Company
Waiting Women: The Secret Lives of Enron Wives
EXCLUSIVE: Q & A With An Enron Executive
Dear FERC, Thanks For The Classified Enron Documents [With pictures]
Enron Emails May Reveal Crisis Patterns At Large Companies
Enron, ExxonMobil and Environmental Stupidity
News From 2001: Drive To Maintain Earnings Brought Down Enron, Says Researcher
WWF Campaign: In The Environment, This Company Will Last Another 500 Years
Enron Crazies: Reckoning and Re-Education Camps
Former Enron Board Member Starts Blog
Andy Fastow’s Hair: Only His Stylist Knows For Sure
His Life Is Like Enron, 1999: It’ Wild
Another Enron Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Conversation About Enron With An Honest Person
Everything Wrong With The Smartest Guys In The Room – The Expanded, Improved Edition
Enron Employees Will Receive 2001 Bonuses
Media Matters Takes On My Comments About Enron
Cara Ellison Talks About Enron On The Rush Limbaugh Program
Another Enron whistleblower nobody has ever heard of
My Grand Unifying Theory Of The Prosecution Of Enron
Pulp Fiction: Enron’s Revenge (Part One
The Future Ended Eight Years Ago
What I Know About You: The Enron Edition, Part One
Enron Employees Forced To Return Money
Another Reason To Hate Canada: They Do Not Know Enron From Arthur Andersen
Special Guest Blogger: Andy Fastow
Five Ways The Enron Story Could Have Been More Exciting
Enron Lawyers Get Record $688 Million Fee
Enron and the World Trade Center
It’s Hard To Negotiate With A Crazy, Rich Person
Andy Fastow Is Jewish, Therefore Innocent?
Conspiracy of Fools, Ignorance of Cashiers
Enron Executives Did Not Dump Stock While Encouraging Employees To Buy
Two Things To Know About Enron
Iconic E Sold To Buyer In New York
If you read Suzanne Barlyn read this now
Subprime mortgage crisis has nothing in common with Enron
Enron compared to mortgage crisis again
Jackson Lee claims her bill won’t help white collar felons
Sherron Watkins speaks out against Lynn Brewer
The Falling of the Enron case house of cards
Dear Jeff Skilling, I Left Sean Berkowitz For You
Dear Sean Berkowitz, I’m Leaving You For Jeff Skilling
Bear Stearns Collapses – Like Enron
The Case of the Mysterious Vanishing Document
First They Came For Arthur Andersen
An Example of Conflict of Interest
A Christian Judgement of Enron
Enron Employed 100 Million People
WSJ & USA Today Highlight Prosecutorial Abuse
Enron Makes Appearance In “My Generation”
The Enron Executive Demographic
Woman’s Day Magazine Offers Razor Sharp Criticism of Enron
Why Insider Trading Is A-Okay With Me
An Interview With Nancy Temple
Lea Fastow Ventures Into the Art World
Wife Swap, Class Envy and Enron
Civil Rights and Unpopular Defendants
Everything Enron Touches: The Mariner Explosion
USA Today Tackles Prosecutorial Abuse
Enron Songs: Found Out About You
Carl Bass Fights To Remain CPA
The Enron Life: Wheels, Wings, Water
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Enron
George Clooney To Make New Enron Movie
Tulip Mania, Housing Crisis and Enron
Cliff Baxter (Love Grazed Here At Least)
Enron’s Foreign Assets Being Sold
Enron Is A Story About People: Part Two
Enron Is A Story About People: Part One
Chevron, Dynegy and Enron: A Three-Way Of Non-Stop Fun
Enron Play Gets Second Chance In Chicago
Enron Ten Years Later, Presented By David Pope
Enron Emails As Pseudoscience, Part Two
Enron Emails As Pseudoscience, Part One
Edelman Uses Enron To Sell Marketing Services
Kinder Morgan Sets The Stage For Record Breaking IPO
Enron Closes $29MM Pipeline Deal
Leadership Styles of Enron Executives
IRS Whistleblower: Bob Hermann
Enron Whistleblower Scores $1.1MM From IRS
S&P’s Rating Chronology From October 15, 2001 to December 3, 2001
Enron Board Member Makes Records Publicly Available
Why Non-Profits Should Be More Like Enron
The Cost of Prosecuting Enron Defendants
Jeff Skilling General
Steve Jobs Day Catches On With Jeff Skilling Day
Jeff Skilling and the World Trade Center
Buffet Good, Skilling Bad, Says Financial Times
Jeff Skilling Is Not An Architect
World Opinion Shifting on Skilling Guilt
Deadline For Gov Reply To Skilling Brief
Gov Reply To Skilling Brief: Yeah, So What?
Houston Chronicle Publishes Fair Article About Jeff Skilling
Skilling Stands By His Dan (Petrocelli)
Fifth Circuit Denies Skilling Bail
Jeff Skilling’s Harmless Error
Skilling’s Oral Argument Impressions
Where Is Jeff Skilling’s Paring Knife
West Coast Trading Strategies
West Coast Energy Crisis
Feds Re-Open Enron Investigation
Broadband
January 2000 Analyst Conference
An Interesting Sequence in the 2000 Analyst Conference [Photos of Rex Shelby, Jonathan Schwartz, and Ken Lay]
Let’s Get To Know
Let’s Get to Know Bill Collins
Let’s Get to Know Shawna Meyer
Great Moments In The EBS Trial
Ellis Giles might have to kill us
The horror of being called “ma’am”
Is the 45th floor the same as the 50th?
“Your client is a liar, right?”
Scott Yeager: good at math, not arithmetic
Spending money is money laundering
Broadband General
Enron Broadband Services Org Charts: How John Bloomer Fit In
Rex Shelby’s Career Trajectory
Did Rex Shelby Know Steve Jobs?
Rex Shelby’s Sentencing 4.3: How Rex Shelby Is Like Rick Causey
Rex Shelby Update, Post-Supreme Court
ePower Applications screenshot
Dish Launches Blockbuster Movie Pass
Blockbuster Declares Bankruptcy
JO Shelby Continued [Larry Ciscon email]
The Unbearable Honesty Of Rex Shelby
Probably Not The Real Joe Hirko
Joe Hirko, Please Run For Office
Kevin Howard Sentencing Is Today
Ken Rice and Rex Shelby Discuss Country Music Awards
Will You Change The World Today? [Ken Rice email]
Were Sun and Cisco In On The Conspiracy?
In A Corn Field With My Shorts Around My Ankles: More Bill Collins
EBS Assets Make Waves In The Cloud
The Good Faith and Intentions of the DOJ
EBS Is The Next Big Thing (Again)
McKinsey’s Valuation of Enron Broadband Services
Scott Yeager and Ken Rice Discuss Scott’s Title
NatWest
David Bermingham Discusses Extradition
David Bermingham Discusses Shock At Fraud Accusations
Allen Stanford and the NatWest Three
NatWest Three Featured On Extradition Website
Nigerian Barges/Merrill Lynch
Forbes Mentions Nigerian Barge Deal
Government Dismisses Some Counts Against James A. Brown
Merrill Lynch’s Involvement With Hard Assets
Latest James A. Brown Filings [Documents]
Nigerian Barge Trial Testimony: Katherine Zrike Denies Parking Arrangement With Enron
Nigerian Barge Documents, Part Two [Fastow Brady Letter June 1, 2004, Brady Letter July 30, 2004]
Prosecutorial Abuse In The Nigerian Barges Case [Amazing documents - will leave you stunned]
The Theoretical Stock Price After The Nigerian Barge Deal
Victimless: The Intellectual Dishonesty of Prosecuting The Nigerian Barge Case
Nigerian Barge Case Update [James A. Brown]
Prosecutors Drop Case Against Daniel Bayly
Nigerian Barges: “Mindless Harassment”
The Nigerian Barge Deal by Dr Suess
Nigerian Barge Deal Legal Status Primer
Merrill Lynch Executives Can Be Retried
Retrial of Merrill Lynch execs in Enron case delayed
Merrill Bankers Want Fastow Notes
Skilling Brief Effect Reaches Barge Defendants
Merrill Execs Seek Formal Inquiry
Merrill Banker Asks US To Probe Enron Prosecutor (Part Two)
Enron Documents
Lay It On The Line Survey
Luntz Research letter to Ken Lay [Regarding Lay It On The Line Survey]
Email from Ken Lay summarizing Lay It On The Line survey
Lay It On The Line survey final results
Enron’s Culture [Part of Lay It On The Line survey]
Enron Credit Downgrade
Tim Despain’s meeting with S&P [Calendar entry] – October 4, 2001
Ron Barone’s meeting with Ken Lay [Calendar entry] – October 10, 2011
Email between Ron Barone and Sol Sampson Regarding Enron’s credit rating – October 18, 2001
Enron Bank Presentation November 19, 2001
Photofete
Skilling Check to Photofete April 7, 2000
Skilling Check to Photofete May 13, 2000
Letter from Jennifer Binder to Ken Lay
Email from Beau Harrold to Ken Lay regarding Photofete investment.March 8, 2001
Check to Photofete (referenced in email above)
Photofete Wire Transfer April 9, 2001
Jeff Skilling Stock Sales
Ray Glen and Brad Ahrens Email
Other
Cato Institute Report on Enron in California
Sherron Watkins Presentation September 19, 2007
Michael Kopper Notes to Andy Fastow
Enron & LJM2 Service Agreement
Copy of RhythmsNet Connections transactions
Congressional Report on the Timeline of Enron April 9, 2002
Board of Directors Meeting Presentation August 7, 2000
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes August 7, 2000
Enron Board Meeting Minutes October 6, 2000
EnronOnline Management Report March 30, 2001
EnronOnline ManagementReport July 27, 2001
Enron Benefits Package Year 2000
Enron Expat Benefits Year 2000
Jeff McMahon’s handwritten discussion points for meeting with Jeff Skilling
Wall Street Transcript March 12, 2001 (Enron Transport)
Enron Code of Ethics – July 2000
Jeff McMahon’s Memo Regarding Code of Ethics
Presentation: Joint Audit and Compliance/Finance Committee Meeting Supplemental Schedules – Investment Revaluations (August 13, 2001)
Raptor Hedging Strategy Analysis
DOE Order Allowing Enron To Export To Mexico
Q3 2001 Presentation (October 16-October 19, 2001)
October23, 2001 email reminder that savings plan would be closed until November
Enron Energy Services all-employee meeting presentation March 27, 2001
Sherron Watkins’ Memo to Ken Lay “Has Enron Become A Risky Place To Work?”
Arthur Andersen Letter To Fastow Acknowledging Divestment of LJM
Transforming Enron: The Value of Active Management (Article by Vince Kaminski, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance)
InterviewWithAndy92001Interview With Andy Fastow Notes
Enron Earnings Transcripts
July 24, 2000 earnings call transcript
January 22, 2001 earnings call transcript [Q4 2000]
EBS Employee Meeting Transcript [Portland] March 15, 2001
March 23, 2001 earnings call transcript [Updating analysts from January; goes into California quite a bit]
April 17, 2001 earnings call transcript
August 3, 2001 Transcript of Call With Alliance Capital
October 16, 2001 earnings call transcript
October 23, 2001 analyst conference transcript
October 23, 2001 All-Employee Meeting transcript
November 14, 2001 earnings call transcript
Enron Financial Filings
Annual Reports
Financial Reports
Q2 2001 Financial Review (July 19, 2001)
Analyst Reports
Credit Suisse First Boston – July 29, 1996
SBC Warburg – October 11, 1996
Credit Suisse – February 3, 1997
Banc Boston Robertson Stephens April 22, 1998
Banc Boston Robertson Stephens July 13, 1999
Robertson Stephens – October 12, 1999
Robertson Stephens – November 8, 1999
Credit Suisse November 30, 1999
Robertson Stephens – January 18, 2000
Robertson Stephens January 21, 2000
Paine Webber – January 28, 2000
Bear Stearns – January 26, 2001 “An Energy and Communications Giant”
Credit Suisse – April 21, 2001 “Strong Buy”
Prudential Financial – June 26, 2001
Bear Stearns – August 15, 2001
Credit Suisse – August 17, 2001
Credit Suisse – August 17, 2001
Bernstein – September 21, 2001
Sanders Morris Harris – September 28, 2001 “Strong Buy”
Goldman Sachs – October 3, 2001
Salomon Smith Barney – October 19, 2001 “The Balance Sheet Matters: Prospects For Further Write-Downs”
Credit Suisse October 21, 2001
Credit Suisse October 23, 2001
Credit Suisse – October 24, 2001
Salomon Smith Barney – October 25, 2001 ENE: Cautious Outlook Near Term, Change to 1S (Buy, Speculative)
Salomon Smith Barney October 26, 2001“ENE: Downgrade to 3S from 1S; Credit Concerns Need To Be Addressed” (Neutral/Speculative)
Credit Suisse – November 21, 2001 “10-Q Raises Further Concerns; Extent of Scheduled Near-Term Debt Maturities Exceeds Expectations”
Credit Suisse – November 23, 2001 “Debt Extended, Cash Analysis. Industry Still Trading w/ENE” (Rated “Strong Buy”)
Q3 2001 Presentation (This document contains a slew of analyst reports.)
Press Releases
July 12, 2001 Earnings Release [Q2 2001]
Jeff Skilling resigns August 14, 2001
Moody’s Downgrade Review October 16, 2001
[Related: An October 12 email from Tim Despain to Ben Glisan and Andy Fastow regardingMoody's and Standard & Poor's
October 16 email from Tim Despain to Ken Lay with the subject line"Moody's Basis For Putting Enron's Securities On Review"
Also: Ron Barone emails discussing Enron and whether Standard & Poor's would downgrade.]
Enron Announces SEC Request, Pledges Cooperation October 22, 2001
Enron Confirms Discussions With Dynegy November 8, 2001
Lay Resigns As Chairman and CEO of Enron, Remains On Board of Directors January 23, 2002
Deal Approval Sheets
Enron’ Nigerian Barge Deal Approval Sheet
Project Backbone Deal Approval Sheet
EECC Blue Dog Deal Approval Sheet
Campaign 2K [LJM2]
EEX [LJM2]
Fishtail [LJM2]
Nowa Sarzyna [LJM2]
Osprey Certificate Follow On [LJM2]
Pluto [LJM2]
Raptor [LJM2]
Raptor 2 [LJM2]
Cortez [LJM2]
Enron Videos
Analyst Conference – EBS Section – Clips
Shawna Meyer – January 2000 Analyst Conference Raw Video
Enron Broadband [Demo of end product of EBS.]
Scott Yeager Discusses Congestion On The Internet
Enron Communications Explains The EIN
Enron Images
Always Something There To Remind Me
Enron Pictures From 1954 to 2091
I Told You I Would Come Back For You
Every Now And Then I Feel A Little Bit Lonely
I Try To Say Goodbye And I Choke, I Walk Away And I Stumble
You Are Everything And Everything Is You
Enron Broadband Services Ferrari
“Enron’s Stock Price Was Even In The Elevator”
Gratuitous: Kathy Ruemmler Learns To Read
Gratuitous: Hey Berkowitz, When Bethany Pulls Out, Do You Guys Cuddle?
Enron PowerPoints
ePower Online Introduction to Enron Communications
Powerpoint used by Angeli in Joe Hirko’s closing arguments
Enron Communications General PPT used to show customers, vendors, and others the nature of Enron Communications. Internal document.
Enron Intelligent Network Slide created on December 7, 1999 by Kevin Howard to explain how the EIN worked. Internal document.
Enron Foolishness
Enron Executives As Children
Enron Fairytales
Mr. Shelby’s Magic Video: An Enron Fairytale
Mr. Skilling’s Troubles: An Enron Fairytale
Miss Sheila’s Golden Glasses:An Enron Fairytale
Mr. Fastow’s Barges: An Enron Fairytale
Enron Prophesy
I Get Mail
What’s Your Problem With Sherron Watkins?
Why Are You So Mean To Bethany McLean?
Why Did Enron Need So Much Credit?
The RTG/Cara Ellison/Enron Cover-Up Comes To Light
Random Thoughts About Enron
Conversation With An Enron Executive About
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Hardness and Softness
Conversation With An Enron Executive About iPads
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Mark To Market [Includes his notes.]
Discussion With An Enron Executive About Redistribution
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Harlequin Romance Titles
Conversation With An Enron Executive About American Idol
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Writing Sex Scenes
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Nothing
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Donald Duck
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Relationships
Conversation With An Enron Executive About An Imminent Zombie Attack
Conversation With An Enron Executive About Trial Strategy
Things Enron Executives Have Said To Me Today
Enron Novel
Enron Fashion
Andy Fastow: The Fussy Executive
Natwest Three: British Hotties
Jeff Skilling’s Sartorial Choices: Are These The Neckties of a Guilty Man?
Rex Shelby Cited By Enron Fashion Police
Jeff Skilling Cited By Enron Fashion Police For Unwise Necktie
Joe Hirko, Ken Rice Cited For Coordinated Neckties
Original Enron Fashions
Other Enron Silliness
Possibly Incorrect Assumptions About Enron Executives
Tarot Readings Of Enron Executives
From The Musical E! By Cara Ellison: And The Money Kept Rolling In
Songs From E! The Enron Musical By Cara Ellison
I Can Not Escape It [Enron mentioned in novel]
A Trivial Observation About Enron Executives [Handwriting analysis]
Mixed Drinks Named After The Mythology of Enron, Which Do Not Sell Very Well At All
Agencies That Would Exist If Enron Had Been An Authoritarian Government
Enron Task Force
Andrew Weissman Appointed FBI General Counsel
Mass and Breakfast With John Hueston
Are John Kroger’s Hardball Tactics Over The Line?
John Hueston Gives Speech on Board Leadership
Obama Nominates Lisa Monaco To National Security Post
Benton Campbell Joins Latham Watkins
John Hueston: It Began At A Local High School
Having “Something On The Boards”
Gratuitous: Ruemmler and Hueston chat
John Hueston Appointed To WH Task Force To Fight Financial Crime
Failure Disguised As Success: The John Kroger Story
John Kroger: Opponent Worked For Enron
Premature Ejaculator Sean Berkowitz Gives Award To Other Bloviating Lawyer
Bethany McLean and Other Anti-Enron People
Moronic Journalist Makes Up Crap About Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay
Loren Steffy Still Slamming Enron
Alex Gibney To Direct Movie About Julian Assange
Alex Gibney Presents Smartest Guys At University of Albany
Alex Gibney Talks To Elliot Spitzer and “Nice Men” Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling
Sherron Watkins Would Go To Wikileaks
Sherron Watkins Discusses God and Enron
Bethany McLean Thinks It Is Mean To Write About Her
Bethany and Sean “Still Fighting The Bad Guys”
Bethany McLean To Discuss Smartest Guys — Again
Jim Chanos Befriends Spitzer Hooker
Chanos To Financial Media: Quit Making Stuff Up
Bethany McLean Talks About Madoff and Enron
Alex Gibney Urges President Obama to Release Detainee Photos
Bethany McLean Targets Hedge Funds From Way Back
Bethany McLean Says “I’m No Hero”
Bethany McLean Can’t Comment (But Would Like Comment)
Bethany McLean Moves to Vanity Fair
Bethany McLean On The Daily Show
Bethany McLean Talks About The Current Economic Crisis
Enron Media
Moody’s Downgrades Enron’s Debt; Stock Drops 10% October 30, 2001
Chron Compares Skilling to Stanford, Agrees They Have Nothing In Common
An Enron Quiz That Went Horribly Right
Today In Enron History
Kevin Howard arrested
Arthur Andersen charged
Court rules Enron shareholders can not sue banks for their roles in the Enron collapse
RhythmsNet goes public
Dr. Lay throws out first pitch at Enron Field
Jeff Skilling writes a check to Photofete
Lea Fastow withdraws plea
Max Hindricks testifies
David Duncan pleads guilty
Jeff Skilling calls Richard Grubman an asshole.
Raptors approved
Jury seated for broadband trial
Two Merrill Lynch bankers sentenced in Nigerian Barge trial
Jeff Skilling finishes testimony during trial
Nothing happened.
Arthur Andersen appears before the Supreme Court to appeal convictions.
Rebecca Carter writes “does not transfer economic risk….” on document during Raptors presentation to board.
Cliff Baxter resigns
Lea Fastow pleads guilty
Paula Reiker pleads guilty
Jeff Skilling says, “they’re on to us” during meeting.
EnronOnline completes one millionth transaction
Dr Lay and Jeff Skilling guilty verdicts
California joke
Arthur Andersen guilty verdict
Indictment for Nigerian Barge transaction
Judge confirms Enron’s bankruptcy plan
Christopher Calger pleads guilty
Weissmann steps down
NatWest Three charged
Ken Rice pleads guilty
Stock price declines
Skilling speaks to Palmer about resignation press release
Skilling files letter with Arthur Andersen that will result in guilty verdict on Count 34
Skilling resigns
Watinks writes letter
Watkins meets with Lay
Watkins calls David Duncan
Duncan meets with other AA auditors
Enron Headquarters put up for sale
Skilling meets with Lay
Lay meets with Sherron Watkins
Fastow has happy hour
Enron reaches high stock price
FERC investigates
Fastow discovers Watkins has sent the letter to Dr. Lay
Jeff Skilling prepares for rafting trip
Skilling rafting trip
Fastow meets with bankers
Investigation continues into accounting fraud while Sherron Watkins is transferred.
Greg Whalley, Mark Frevert promoted
LJM mentioned in Wall Street Journal
Meeting at Woodlands
V&E investigation
Kopper throws away computer
No buyers for commercial paper
Vinson and Elkins present their preliminary report into the investigation.
Enron unwinds Raptors.
Nancy Temple involved.
Name changed to Enron Transportation Services.
Enron buildings sold.
Andy Fastow featured in CFO Magazine.
Calm before storm.
Buy Wessex.
Lay It On The Line Survey.
Monthly meeting – all is well.
Results of Watkins investigation.
Timothy Despain pleads guilty (pre-pays).
Dr. Lay meetings
Fastow meetings
Skilling relaxing
Draft of the third-quarter earnings release: was the 1.2 billion loss recurring or not?
Still trying to figure out if the loss was recurring or not.
Skilling’s brother comes to town.
Fastow on vacation with the Tilneys.
October 20
Enron reported losses
SEC launched investigation
Stock loses 10% of value
November 9
Dynegy announces it will buy Enron
December 23
Nigerian Barge deal phone call
December 28
Richard Causey pleads guilty
January 9
DOJ launches investigation into collapse of Enron
January 14
Andy Fastow and his wife Lea accept plea deals.
January 19
Ben Glisan completes his sentence and is released.
January 20
Analyst conference. Rex Shelby video.
January 25
The saddest day in all of Enron history: Cliff Baxter commits suicide.
February 15
Andy Fastow, Mark Palmer fly to New York to speak to Bethany McLean for her Fortune article
February 19
Jeff Skilling arrested
February 26
Jeff Skilling, Jeff McMahon, and Sherron Watkins testify to Congress
March 31
The lease at 1400 Smith Street expires
April 10
Jeff Skilling takes the stand in his own defense during his trial
April 18
Enron Broadband Services trial begins
Raptors approved
April 19
Enron announces Jeff McMahon will resign
April 22
Nothing happened at Enron Broadband Services
April 30
Lea Fastow indicted
May 12
Enron announces headquarters to be in Houston, TX.
May 22
Jordan Mintz sent Jeff Skilling LJM paperwork that was not signed.
May 25
Skilling/Lay verdict
June 5
John Forney Indicted
June 15
The awesomely bad birthday that Enron saved
June 21
Skilling hit in the face with a pie.
June 26
Playboy releases “Women of Enron”
June 28
Fastow presents LJM1 to hedge Rhythms Net at Board meeting
NatWest Three charged
July 1
Enron/PGE merger official
Marlin issues $1b of debt with the Enron payback guarantee
Dr. Lay passed away
Dr. Lay indicted
Broadband verdicts returned
Scott Yeager’s last day at Enron Broadband Services
Mark Koenig charged by SEC
August 26
The Salmon Tapes
September 26
Andy Fastow sentenced
[Repeated] Timothy Despain Pleads Guilty
Cuiba deal signed
Stock dives
Enron disintegrating
December 2
Enron declares bankruptcy
December 22
Andy Fastow’s birthday
December 28
Rick Causey pleads guilty
December 29
Enron and Merrill Lynch finalized their written agreement concerning the Nigerian barge deal
January 4
Enron turned over pipeline to Dynegy
January 7
5th Circuit hands down appellate decision regarding Jeff Skilling
January 10
US Attorneys office recuses itself from the Enron cases
January 21
Rex Shelby’s first ever stock trade
January 23
CEO Ken Lay resigns from Enron
February 8
Voir dire began in Daniel Bayly’s trial
March 5
Fortune published Bethany McLean’s article, “Is Enron Overpriced?”
April 11
Enron is formed
April 26
Sempra Energy Trading acquires Enron Metals & Commodity Corp
June 14
Rex Shelby takes the stand in his own defense
June 26
Larry Lawyer pleads guilty to filing false tax returns
August 1
Ken Rice has lunch with Jeff Skilling
August 3
Andy Fastow backdated the Avici hedge to August 3
September 30
Modulus DASH was approved (see DASH under “Deal Approval Sheets”)
January 17
Rex Shelby’s birthday
January 21
Rex Shelby’s first ever stock trade
February 14
Ken Rice testified against Jeff Skilling
March 1
Enron Corp became Enron Credit Recovery Corp
April 18
Broadband trial began
June 27
NatWest Three charged
August 14
Jeff Skilling resigns
October 16
Enron announces $613 million loss for Q3 2001
October 17
Tim Belden pleads guilty
Judge vacates Ken Lay’s convictions
October 17 (Media on this day in history)
Reports by WSJ and NYT regarding write-down
October 18
WSJ reporters attack Enron
Jim Derrick fields calls from SEC
October 19
Stock plunges 10%
October 20
A weekend of calm before the storm
October 21
1986 Chicago Tribute article about Enron
A weekend of calm before the storm
October 22
SEC investigation
Ken Lay’s meeting with executives
October 23
Analyst call
Employee meeting (“Are you on crack?”)
October 24
Andy Fastow fired
Skilling asks to come back to Enron
October 25
Whalley at al meet with Steve Bergstrom at Dynegy
WSJ asks questions about Chewco
October 26
Chewco research susses question of Michael Kopper’s sexuality
October 27
Chuck Watson meets with Ken Lay
I am trying to find a price chart of the stock of Enron. A regular line-and-bar chart with daily, weekly or even monthly bars covering approx. time frame of 1985 until bankruptcy. Do you have such an “animal” or know how to get one.
Will be giving a graduate level lecture series on price behavior and would very much like to have such a chart. Thanks for any reply.
Great, great historical site. Kudos.
Hi Frank,
Here you go: http://caraellison.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/enron-historical-data/enron-historical-data/
It’s not a line and bar chart, but it’s the stock price of stock every day from 1985 until the company was delisted from the NYSE.
Hope this helps.
Whoops, I’m sorry – that only goes back to 1998. I thought for sure I had the data back to 1985. Let me look through my files and if I have it, I’ll post it.
What an astonishing website! Many years I saw the movie ‘The Smartest Guys in The Room’ and became hooked on the Enron story. I developed an interest in the darker sides of high finance and have now ready several books on banking and business fraud. The wealth of fascinating material on this site is remarkable. What is truly remarkable is that interest in Enron still maintains. Is it the Titanic story of finance?
Hi James, thanks for your comment. As you’ll see, I don’t put any faith at all in “Smartest Guys In the Room” (you can read my deconstruction here: http://caraellison.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/everything-wrong-with-the-smartest-guys-in-the-room-expanded-edition/) but I’m always happy when people are eager to learn more about Enron.
Wow, I can’t believe the amount of material you have accumulated here. Anyway, I was just wondering what ever happened to Ken Rice. I know he served some jail time – but where is he now and what is he doing?
I saw your Banksy article on the EllisonBlog and found this blog. You seem to be a street artist or at least you respect them. How can you defend Enron??
Hi Ham,
Thanks for your comment. Your comment is a bit of a non sequitur, but I think you’re asking how, if I love street art, I can also love Enron. The only way to answer that is to guess at your assumptions about both subjects. I love street art because it is democratic and wild and beautiful. I love it because it speaks to something good and new inside me. I love it because I love it.
I love Enron because I love capitalism and despise the state’s power over innocent people. There’s actually some confluence here. The stereotype of the rebellion who rejects overwhelming state power? I’m totally down with that. I think Enron executives were the victims of a government that is out of control. So I don’t see any contradiction between loving Enron and loving street art.
I have been thinking about writing a post explaining my position on the First Amendment vs. Property Rights (property rights win every time) which hopefully will explain how I can be a capitalist-loving, money-respecting good girl who adores the fuck-youism of street art and the rights of people to express even their stupid, ugly, ridiculous opinions in the form of graffiti.
And besides, what do you think about the Christ The Redeemer as Osama? As I said in the post, I’m calling it a hoax.