http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,830137,00.html Handy Andy When Enron needed cash, the company’s chief financial officer had just the answer: a web of companies that would keep the firm’s liabilities off its books – and make him rich. In the...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,834484,00.html Friends in high places When George W Bush arrived in the White House, it was hardly surprising that he looked after Enron – the company had been looking after him for years. In the final extract of his...
The pop culture pendulum swings again and in the coming months the boy bands will be purged from the public record by denim-clad Bob Dylan types with messy hair, old gym shirts and acoustic guitars. Yes! After half-a-decade of music from the production line,...
Wow.. This is brilliant analysis. Read the whole thing. -Ian. —— Forwarded Message From: “B.K. DeLong” Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:33:58 -0400 Subject: [fork-in-exile] Bush and Cheney are oilmen (Sidenote: I’ve since discovered that since...
The below article is interesting, in a soothsayer-of-doom sort of way. This brought to my mind three points: – Given the statistically significant percentage of American Presidents that have been shot at while in office, isn’t this alone an argument for...
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