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Bush advisers fear Enron scandal hurting his second-year agenda

...are debating what to do about a political problem they helped create. From the first belated disclosure that the energy giant sought help from Bush's team, the White House has helped fuel the story by refusing to release some details and offering...

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Enron employees sue company officials, auditing firm

...several company officials and auditing firm Arthur Andersen in an effort to recover vast retirement funds lost when the energy giant filed for bankruptcy. The suit, one of several filed by employees against Enron officials, claims the defendants...

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Andersen fights indictment, government restriction

...destroying thousands of documents and deleting computer files related to its audit of Houston-based Enron, the collapsed energy giant. The indictment was the first criminal charge in a case that has roiled the White House and Congress and dissolved...

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Dow bounces back

...maker's shares were up $1 at $38.05. Among Dow components, several major blue-chips were also showing big gains. Energy giant ExxonMobil was up $1.63 at $32.55, and J.P. Morgan Chase shook off previous losses to trade up $2.60 at...

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Terrorist attacks stunned markets, but corporate scandal and economy spurred more selling

...had filed for bankruptcy protection in December, continued to unravel as more details emerged about how the former energy giant hid debt and inflated profits. And domestic design tycoon Martha Stewart faced insider trading charges for allegedly...

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Less fuel at the pump with hot gasoline?

...resisting any quick change. At a congressional hearing in late July, Ben Soraci, director of U.S. retail sales for energy giant ExxonMobil, said that in some states his company could not legally change the way it measured gasoline at retail pumps...

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Ecuadoran kidnap victims, including four Americans, free

...We were walking the entire time, day and night, rain or shine," German Scholz, a Chilean consultant for European energy giant Repsol-YPF, told Channel 10 television Thursday shortly after being freed. Two Frenchmen escaped a few days after...

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Enron Corp. files for bankruptcy

...protection and sued rival Dynegy Inc. for $10 billion as it tries to reverse a tailspin that has crippled the one-time energy giant. The filings were largely expected after Enron's credit rating collapsed and Dynegy scuttled the proposed buyout...

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Document ordering data destruction raises legal questions, senator says

...destruction of Enron documents. The memo from a lawyer was dated Oct. 12, 2001, when Andersen and executives of the energy giant "knew that Enron was in real trouble and the roof was about to collapse on them," Lieberman said. Rep. John Dingell...

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Andersen worried about Enron's books in October

...auditing team, Andersen also hired a law firm in anticipation of possible lawsuits involving Enron, the Houston-based energy giant that spiraled into bankruptcy Dec. 2. Andersen played down the significance of the computer analysis. And Zajac in...

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