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Enron items garner high bids on eBay
News When James Rickard heard about Enron merchandise selling on eBay, he decided to take a look. The college recruiter from Ottawa, Ohio, ended up purchasing a Christmas ornament shaped like a baseball that had been designed by ornament designer...
[January 17, 2002, 14:44]
Enron's collapse could hit tech market hard
News The demise of energy giant Enron will have a far-reaching impact on the technology industry, briefly stalling the growth of online trading in commodities such as energy and adding another dose of bad news to an already troubled communications...
[December 4, 2001, 11:03]
Enron investigation site shut down
News A congressional committee looking into the Enron collapse said on Thursday that it temporarily shut down a Web site relating to its investigation because of a security problem, but it added that no sensitive data had been compromised.
[March 8, 2002, 12:53]
Microsoft's lobbying budget 'outstripped Enron's'
News Microsoft's budget for political lobbying exceeded that of Enron, the judge residing over the antitrust case has heard. During this period, Microsoft and its executives accounted for $2.3m in soft money contributions, compared to $1.55m by Enron...
[February 12, 2002, 12:06]
FBI: Cybercrime will be the next Enron
News Crowe added: "Computer crime is like white collar crime before Enron. One of the FBI's leading agents in the field of computer crime has warned that industrial espionage and targeted data theft are on the increase.
[July 21, 2006, 16:55]
PC sleuths search for Enron's shredded secrets
News Although forensic details of the Enron meltdown are not yet being made public, powerful data-recovery techniques promise to turn a spotlight on the inner workings of the beleaguered energy company, which abruptly tumbled into bankruptcy in...
[February 5, 2002, 12:00]
Ex-Enron execs guilty of lying, jury finds
Talkback Now if only their assets could be seized to repay the billions stolen from Enron workers . hurray! Let's hope these criminals spend the rest of their years in the darkest dungeon possible.
[May 26, 2006, 12:16]
KPNQwest could face Enron-style investigation
News Analysts are calling for an investigation into the business dealings of bankrupt network provider KPNQwest. Jack (McMaster, KPNQwest chief executive) must have lied to the banks in March to get a credit facility," said Bert Siebrand, senior analyst...
[June 10, 2002, 17:10]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The repercussions from Enron's spectacular implosion continue to rumble across the sky. Enron is a warning written so large that it's difficult to take in. Tuesday 11/12/2001 Now, it looks as if the company's broadband trading unit was the last...
[December 13, 2001, 14:07]
Will techs gain from auditor scrutiny?
News As the Enron scandal unfolds, the intense scrutiny on the practice of using the same firm to handle auditing and consulting jobs may eventually benefit a handful of tech services companies. Worries about conflicts of interest when using the same...
[February 28, 2002, 15:36]
Blockbuster plans broadband movies-on-demand
News Blockbuster teamed up with Enron Broadband Services in July. The companies intend to offer movies-on-demand across Enron's global broadband network, using digital rights management software from InterTrust Technologies.
[October 25, 2000, 8:50]
Avoiding Apple's n-come tax
Leader Specifically, it's Sarbanes-Oxley — Sox, in the trade — the post-Enron law that imposes strict rules on companies about when and how they account for their income. Booking income before you provide the service — well, that's Enron territory.
[January 19, 2007, 13:53]
Intel's Grove lays into corporate 'atrocities'
News Grove's comments follow a series of scandals that have shattered investor confidence and devastated companies such as energy producer Enron. Although Grove said corporate boards have improved oversight since the wave of accounting scandals that...
[October 4, 2002, 9:05]
Americans shrug off copyright concerns
Talkback It is far from surprising as well, that the US Congress and the current President and his staff serve that industry so well, it is just another version of the Enron, Ken Lay services performed by officials of both political parties.
[August 15, 2003, 21:45]
Cisco may gain from old inventory
News Swieringa said the pendulum is swinging back to GAAP accounting now that the Enron meltdown has made Wall Street skittish. Many analysts say Wall Street is suffering from a severe case of "Enron-itis," where companies with aggressive accounting get...
[February 1, 2002, 13:16]
Companies find silver lining in compliance cloud
News Sarbanes-Oxley was signed off in 2002 and is designed to prevent financial malpractice and accounting scandals such as the Enron debacle. A film detailing the roots of the Enron scandal, which contributed to introduction of Sarbanes Oxley, is due...
[April 13, 2005, 9:10]
2004 'will be a buyers' market'
News The tough conditions also mean that more financial accounting scandals along the lines of WorldCom and Enron are definitely on the cards this year, Kramer said. If you think it all ended with Enron then think again," he added.
[January 21, 2004, 16:20]
British hacker shines light on poor IT security
News We have been talking to [Conservative MP] Boris Johnson who is leading an early day motion against the 2003 Extradition Act along with the Enron Three — or the NatWest Three, as they are called now, so together we are trying to get a judicial...
[July 13, 2005, 13:35]
New US bill takes a shot at stock options
News Levin and the bill's other sponsors say that Enron stockholders would have learned the company's income was one-third less than the $1.8bn it disclosed had the company been forced to report this deduction.
[February 14, 2002, 16:03]
