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Enron: Another Final Chapter Ex-shareholders get a drop of solace in the form of $7.2 billion in settlements.   |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2004
Rich Smith |
Coming to America (to Die) Russia's oil giant Yukos declares bankruptcy here, not there. |
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
February 1, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Houston, we have a problem The city where deregulation is king is in Enron denial -- and won't let go of its wildcatting ways... |
CFO
Alix Nyberg |
Bottom Fishing Many distressed assets are for sale these days, but because so many are intangible, how can buyers be sure they're getting a bargain? |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Joseph McCafferty |
Portland General Electric's Jim Piro An Enron survivor, Piro had to reassure banks, creditors, ratings agencies, and customers that the utility wasn't tainted by the energy trader's sins. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
How Your Stocks Can Get Wiped Out Are you considering investing in a company in or near bankruptcy? Think twice. |
Sports Central
July 20, 2010
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's Gaming the Sale of Texas Rangers Continues The sale of the Rangers still awaits finalization and most importantly, the investment group to be awarded the final sale of the club has yet to be determined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and ultimately to be approved by MLB and its respective owners. |
Salon.com
February 8, 2002
Jake Tapper |
Enron's last-minute bonus orgy Days before filing for bankruptcy, the scandal-ridden company rewarded some executives with million-dollar bonuses as laid-off workers were denied severance packages... |
Salon.com
January 23, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Easy come, easy go One of the few Enron employees who still has a job expresses little regret -- even though he lost a "colossal" amount of money... |
Fast Company
March 2002
John Ellis |
Life After Enron's Death Preventing another Enron means understanding what really went wrong. That means understanding transparency, opportunity, and speed... |
FDIC FYI
March 7, 2002 |
The Effects of the U.S. Economic Slowdown: Houston Forces driving the U.S. economy in 2001 intersected in the Houston metropolitan area. After racing ahead of the national economy early in the year, Houston faced weakening energy prices, layoffs at computer manufacturers and airlines, the bankruptcy of Enron, and a costly storm... |
BusinessWeek
July 29, 2010
Linda Sandler |
$1 Billion to Clean Up Lehman In the biggest U.S. bankruptcy ever, Lehman may spend five more years selling assets of $639 billion to pay unsecured creditors as little as 14.7 cents on the dollar. |
Fast Company
May 2002
Charles Fishman |
What If You'd Worked at Enron? We've all heard the same Enron story: executives at the top behaving badly, victims at the bottom losing their savings. But the truth is in the middle... |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
I Survived Enron Recovery, setbacks, legal justice, entrepreneurship, even true love: The stories of six rank-and-filers who fled the Enron wreckage. |
Inc.
April 1, 2002
Mike Hofman |
Energy Futures Less than a month after Enron Corp. filed for Chapter 11, Elder and several partners founded Resource Alliance Group of Houston, a nonprofit incubator that advises the bearers of pink slips about how to start their own businesses... |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Tower's Next Chapter: 11 Here's some deja vu: Tower Records goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... again. Investors, take note. |
U.S. Banker
March 2002
Roger Furman |
Trying Not To Pay Insurance companies are trying to wiggle out of paying Morgan Chase $1.1 billion, underscoring the dangers of using new financial instruments, or old ones in new ways. The likelihood is that the bank will win... |
Entrepreneur
January 2003
Jason Leopold |
Enron But Not Forgotten Being a former Enron employee doesn't necessarily leave you out in the cold in the business community -- not for entrepreneurs with the guts to restake their names on ventures of their own. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2006
Jennifer Dawson |
Re-Energizing Houston Although the energy industry in Houston is enjoying a resurgence, the office sector continues to lag the broader economic recovery with a metro vacancy rate of nearly 18%. But increasingly the market appears poised for a major turnaround. |
BusinessWeek
June 12, 2006
Michael Orey |
Enron's Last Mystery Was Enron's law firm, Vinson & Elkins, as blind to the company's shenanigans as it maintains? Internal messages suggest the firm doubted the legitimacy of some of Enron's business practices. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Calpine Bows to the Inevitable Bankruptcy may give this independent power company a second chance, but today's shareholders will get hosed. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Banks Look Smart -- by Contrast Sometimes banks don't look so dumb -- at least compared with some hot-shot stocks, ranging from Enron to the once high-flying dot-com companies. A litmus test may be how much companies pay for naming rights to sports arenas... |
Salon.com
January 19, 2002
Andrew Leonard |
Capitalist pigs The sordid tales of Enron plutocrats looting the company of its treasure as their employees and shareholders faced ruin are enough to turn you into a class warrior... |
Food Processing
December 2008 |
Interstate Bakeries Readies Its Exit from Bankruptcy Protection If the reorganization plan is approved as presented, it will mean the cancellation of all public stock in the company. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2002
Jim Greer |
Drained of Energy Downtown Houston boasts the new $100 million Hobby Center for the Performing Arts and swanky new clubs, but the city's revitalized entertainment district can't divert the business community from the hole where the energy trading business -- and thousands of related jobs -- used to be. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Credit Cards ... for the Bankrupt? Is offering credit to bankrupt folks the right thing to do? While bankruptcy filings increased 17% over the last eight years, credit card profits went up 163% to $30.2 billion. This may discourage you as a citizen, but perhaps it will titillate you as an investor. |
Entrepreneur
September 2001
Chris Sandlund |
Born Again Good businesses don't have to die just because they've gone hopelessly, out-of-control in debt. There is a place they can turn for redemption: the bankruptcy laws. |
Salon.com
January 18, 2002
Jake Tapper |
More than one Enron official warned company about growing crisis One staff lawyer grew so worried, he secretly hired an outside law firm to review the company's murky business partnerships. Another executive was reassigned after raising alarms... |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2006
Tim Hanson |
Meet the Men Who Fleeced Enron Former Enron workers and investors can be happy that at least a few smart folks stuck it to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, buying valuable assets on the cheap and building successful companies from what Enron discarded. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
The Uncertainty of Surety A pending face-off between bankers and insurers may put an end to a cheap source of credit enhancement. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
Citigroup Thrives, While Chase Shrivels Citigroup is king -- of just about everything financial. For one thing, it has unseated Merrill Lynch & Co. from its 11-year reign as the nation's lead underwriter... |
Job Journal
April 9, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Enron Kept Reality at Bay When Enron's problems first surfaced, Lay and Skilling had an obligation to be candid with everyone around them. |
CFO
October 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
Default Swap Faults A dispute in the Enron bankruptcy case highlights troubling questions about credit default insurance. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Anthony Bianco |
Ken Lay's Audacious Ignorance Even if one of America's worst ex-CEOs beats the rap - and he just might - history's verdict will be harsh. |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Russ Banham |
Restructuring Redux? Thanks to the availability of cash, the options for bankrupt companies -- and their advisers -- abound. |
InternetNews
July 31, 2007
Roy Mark |
FCC Set to Rule on Broadband Spectrum The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to issue the rules today for a January spectrum auction that could change the American wireless landscape. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Put the Reins on Passion Lenders and investors were so caught up in Enron's philosophy that they were blind to reality... |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Enron Still Matters Enron was a catastrophe in the public markets. Individual investors should take a hard look at the trial so they know what happened and how it came to be, with the intent of learning to avoid companies that exhibit the same characteristics in the future. |
AskMen.com
Terence Channon |
How To: Declare Bankruptcy Times are tough and you've found yourself with a pile of credit card debt -- and you have no way to pay it off. Here's how to declare bankruptcy properly. |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Damien Cave |
Risky business How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of credit derivatives? |
Fast Company
September 2003
Carleen Hawn |
The Women of Enron : A New Calling Deborah Perrotta was an executive assistant for 25 years. When Enron fell, she lost her job -- and found a new voice. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2007
Emil Lee |
Get Rich From Bankrupt Companies Investors can find hidden value in struggling businesses. |
Entrepreneur
January 2004
Jane Easter Bahls |
Against Your Will Is your business drowning in debt? If so, you should know about a legal maneuver creditors can use to force your business into bankruptcy. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Beware the Syndicators Citigroup and J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., which syndicated billions of dollars of loans to Enron, should have known the truth about Enron�'s condition, and should not have had to depend on outside accountants or on the various rating agencies... |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Tower International Claws Its Way Back From the ashes of bankruptcy, Tower is getting its house in order. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2003
Mike France |
Heiress In Handcuffs Lea Fastow is charged with helping husband Andy orchestrate the white-collar crime of the century. Now she could be the key to nailing Enron's top dogs. |
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... |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Hindo & Megerian |
Surviving Enron--And Thriving How oil and gas driller Mariner overcame the stigma and became a hot growth star. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2007
Brian Greenspoon |
Bankruptcy Sales Understanding sales processes from a legal standpoint during bankruptcy can be useful for commercial real estate professionals in the current market conditions. |
