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The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: About American American History Bankruptcy Because Been Begun Both Committed Corporate Crimes Enormity Enron Highest Highest Level History Largest Level May Nation Our Oversight Regulatory Reveal Scandal Scrutiny Structures Weaknesses Worthy

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Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.

~Adam Mckay

Topics: Blamed Davis Energy Enron Gray Out Pay Wilson

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Enron Field in Houston, the Trans World Dome in St. Louis and PSINet Stadium in Baltimore are just three of the modern-day coliseums named for companies that have found new homes in bankruptcy court.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Baltimore Bankruptcy Companies Court Dome Enron Field Found Homes Houston Just Louis Modern-Day Named New St. Louis Stadium Three World

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Most unfortunately, Enron's plunge into bankruptcy court also cost many of its rank-and-file employees their savings.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Also Bankruptcy Cost Court Employees Enron Many Most Plunge Savings Unfortunately

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Enron had already collapsed and filed for bankruptcy protection by the beginning of 2002. But despite complaints from short sellers that corporations had used accounting gimmickry to inflate their profits, many investors thought the crisis at Enron was an isolated case.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Accounting Bankruptcy Beginning Case Collapsed Complaints Corporations Crisis Despite Enron Had Inflate Investors Isolated Many Profits Protection Sellers Short Thought Used

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I'm a good learner. I can dig in. I knew nothing about mark-to-market accounting when I started the 'Enron' film.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: About Accounting Dig Enron Film Good Knew Learner Nothing Started I Can

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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Because Did Enron Everybody Executive Executives Felt Film Mock Moment More Producers Remember Remember When Should Strongly Time Very Wanted I Remember

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People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.

~Allan Sloan

Topics: Case Enron Over People Really Seriously Treating Trivia

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I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that.

~Arthur Levitt

Topics: Chances Companies Enron Failures Investors May Nothing Only Other Recognize Selling Think Thousand Thousand Times Times Worth I Think

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Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on unsavoury practices that turned out to be a lot more widespread.

~Bethany Mclean

Topics: About Back Before Bit Curtain Enron Lot More Naive Out People Practices Pulled Things Think Turned Way Were Widespread Worked I Think

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