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Ex-Enron exec an apparent suicide
Former vice chairman, a "family man" and a major Bush donor, was accused in civil suit of selling off stock worth $35.2 million.
By Jake Tapper Jan 25, 2002
In the belly of the Enron beast
The stock price was tanking and the company was coming unraveled -- but Chairman Ken's weekly message to workers at Enron's posh London office was, "Everything's fine." We believed him.
By Peter Wright Jan 25, 2002
Enron-a-palooza!
Grab your popcorn and your legal pads. Congress is set to kick off hours and hours of Enron hearings.
By Jake Tapper Jan 24, 2002
Houston under siege
Residents of Enron's hometown can't stop comparing the collapse of the energy trader to Sept. 11.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Jan 24, 2002
Enron's human toll
How employees of the energy trader got sucked into stock market euphoria -- and catastrophe.
By Christopher Ketcham Jan 23, 2002
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.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Jan 23, 2002
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.
By Andrew Leonard Jan 19, 2002
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.
By Jake Tapper Jan 18, 2002
If Enron isn't a political scandal, nothing is
So what if Bush and company didn't bail out Enron? The outrage lies in what politicians did for the company on its way up, not the way down.
By Scott Rosenberg Jan 18, 2002
401 reasons to love Enron
Employees of the energy trader are furious at the loss of their life savings, but the debacle could finally be the catalyst for long-needed retirement fund reform.
By Damien Cave Jan 17, 2002
Enron's California smoking gun
Did the Bush administration do the disgraced company's bidding during the state's electricity crisis?
By Anthony York Jan 16, 2002
Ken Lay: "There are no accounting issues"
Even as an executive was warning Enron's CEO of impending problems, he was telling the press that all was well.
By Andrew Leonard Jan 15, 2002
A corporate welfare state nightmare
The Enron scandal exposes how the U.S. political system is bought and paid for.
By Julian Borger Jan 15, 2002
Getting to the bottom of Enron
Sure, we need a special prosecutor -- but only campaign finance reform can clean up Washington's addiction to corporate cash and lift our government out of the muck.
By Andrew Leonard Jan 12, 2002
Bush feeds the scandal
The president's claim that Enron's chief supported his Texas opponent -- at best an evasion, at worst a lie -- drags the White House a step deeper into Enrongate.
By Anthony York Jan 12, 2002
The Enron outrage
Free-market ideologues said the energy titan's triumphs proved them right. Now they should admit its humiliating collapse proves they were wrong.
By Thomas Frank Dec 14, 2001
Enron and the case for campaign finance reform
As Bush's buddies file for Chapter 11, the debacle has exposed the unseemly link between money and political influence.
By Arianna Huffington Dec 3, 2001
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.
By Andrew Leonard Nov 30, 2001
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."
By Andrew Leonard Nov 9, 2001
Money can buy you love
Peter Eisner of the Center for Public Integrity talks about "The Buying of the President 2000."
By Alicia Montgomery Jan 10, 2000
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