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The Motley Fool
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Say Hello to Jumpsuit Joe The once-proud telco titan is being fitted for bright orange prisonwear for illegal insider trading. Investors, meanwhile, have been handed a gift. Call it a crystal-clear case study in how hype can destroy your portfolio.   |
Salon.com
June 27, 2002
Andrew Leonard |
The gang that couldn't loot straight The fall of the '90s bubble's icons shows just why Americans would be crazy to trust their retirement money to the stock market. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Arianna Huffington |
Wall Street echoes Just as our culture at large has celebrated shallowness, so too did the corporate culture. |
Salon.com
October 17, 2002
Arianna Huffington |
Ignoring the poor Poverty is on the rise, but the media is consumed with sniper attacks and rumors of war. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
White-Collar Crime: Who Does Time? Corporate criminals are punished more harshly today than in the '80s, but hands-off executives may still face better odds. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Capitalists without a clue Once all-seeing captains of industry, America's CEOs are now playing the Sgt. Schultz dumbo card, braying "I know no-thing, no-thing!" |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2004
Bill Mann |
Another Brick in the Enron Wall Prosecutors get their biggest prize to date: Enron executive Jeff Skilling. |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Wendy Zellner |
Inside Enron's House of Cards Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald offers the liveliest and probably the best Enron account so far. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Bill Mann |
WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case. |
Fast Company
May 2002
John Ellis |
Wall Street's Den of Thieves If you follow the trail of deceit from Enron to its natural lair, it only leads to one destination: Wall Street. Here's why... |
The Motley Fool
July 5, 2006
Bill Mann |
The Death of a Salesman How do you eulogize one of the most hated men in America? Ken Lay managed to destroy the wealth of tens of thousands of people and trigger much-needed reforms in how America regulates its public companies. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2007
Michael Hickins |
'Justice is Served' to Nacchio Did the former Qwest CEO miss an opportunity to save himself some jail time? |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Lay's Missouri Legacy Ken Lay attempts to take back his University of Missouri donation, but maybe the school can put it to better use. Ethical behavior among managers at all levels is a key to keeping that faith. Enron is a perfect example of the risks of the dark side. Don't hide from that, MU. Embrace it. |
Salon.com
November 9, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
Enron, we hardly knew ye Ironically, only one thing could have saved the now-imploding corporate poster child for deregulation: Tougher regulations requiring more financial "transparency"... |
Fast Company
September 2002
Kreamer & Andersen |
Culture Not all CEOs are crooks. But all bosses shade the truth alot of the time. Every workday is a minute-by-minute series of choices on the ethical continuum. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Mike France |
Courtroom Strategies On Trial Recent high-profile verdicts have prosecutors and defense attorneys rewriting their playbooks. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Bill Mann |
Lay Surrenders, Pleads Not Guilty It took more than two years for to make a case against the executive who lorded over Enron's collapse that federal prosecutors think will stick. |
BusinessWeek
June 12, 2006
Maria Bartiromo |
The Ones Who Got Away If the Enron saga has a truth teller, it's Sherron Watkins, the whistleblowing executive who at least tried to do the right thing. Watkins hasn't been shy about speaking to the media or going on the lecture circuit. But her candor here may surprise you. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Good Riddance to Bad Rigas Adelphia's Rigases engaged in a host of accounting frauds, including hiding debt and inflating margins by capitalizing costs that should have been expensed. The remaining bits of the firm will be acquired by Time-Warner and Comcast. |
Salon.com
January 24, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Houston under siege Residents of Enron's hometown can't stop comparing the collapse of the energy trader to Sept. 11... |
Salon.com
November 30, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
Will Bush be tarnished by Enron's collapse? The crash of his top corporate backer should discredit the president's anti-regulation economic policies, but it's unlikely to lead to reform... |
