Enron, Worldcom, and Martha Stuart

[Jason]

It had to be brought up, but I'm out of time to say anything, and speechless anyhow for the moment. But go on, you know you want to rant.

[transmothra]

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g__ dammit, i told you so!! those greedy m_____ f_____s!!!


p.s., Jason, have you been drinking again? :D

[Pegasus]

It's the new age of "Creative Accounting" and these are the finest.

And the best I can do after that is shake my head.

Peg

[Little Star]

If they were Creative they wouldn't have got caught! Or they would have got caught and would have been able to talk their way out of it.

[SiteTutor]

Friday, June 28, 2002


WorldCom Inquiry Appears to Bolster Fraud Case
Investigators looking into the WorldCom scandal have found no records to support decisions to shift billions of dollars in expenses on the company's books, people close to the company said yesterday -- a fact that increases the likelihood that the transactions involved criminal fraud. Instead, investigators have found that the sums involved - which reduced reported operating expenses over the last five quarters - were exactly those needed for WorldCom to meet its profit margin goals, according to The New York Times. (More in Investment Banking)


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The financial meltdown of WorldCom left President Bush and the Republicans struggling to limit the political risk from what strategists in both parties say could be a shift in the way voters view business and the economy.
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How could anybody overlook a $3.8 billion shell game? The sheer amount of money involved, experts said, represents yet another staggering audit failure by the company's longtime accountant, Arthur Andersen

[Jason]

Looks like we can add xerox to the list... and now Enron's been exposed yet again:

http://money.cnn.com/2002/05/20/news/companies/playgirl_enron/index.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/26/enron.playboy.ap/index.html

[SiteTutor]

Originally posted by Jason
Looks like we can add xerox to the list... and now Enron's been exposed yet again:

http://money.cnn.com/2002/05/20/news/companies/playgirl_enron/index.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/26/enron.playboy.ap/index.html

GUESS THESE GUYS DO.. JUST.. "TAKE THE MONEY ENRON" lol

quote:

Ronald Williams, who worked for Enron's broadband unit in Houston, said the money the magazine offered was enough to influence his decision to strip.



let's have a poll from the men on this forum..
? Would you take the money ENRON.. if PlayGirl wanted you to expose yourself in their mag? (serious question)