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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal

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To: Mephisto who wrote (141)1/11/2002 5:02:32 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (2) of 5185
 
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Enron Corp.'s (NYSE:ENE - news) Chairman Kenneth Lay telephoned Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Oct. 26, a Fed spokesman confirmed on Friday.

The spokesman would not say what was discussed during the conversation but he did say that Greenspan did not follow up the call with any action.

``He did nothing in response to the call. It would have been inappropriate,'' the spokesman said.

The White House has said Lay called U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Commerce Secretary Don Evans in the autumn. The White House said the two officials opted to do nothing about their calls.

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it had opened a criminal investigation into the energy trading company, whose December bankruptcy threw thousands out of work, devastated investors and wiped out the pension plans of many employees when its stock price plunged.

biz.yahoo.com
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