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To: DavesM who wrote (502516)12/2/2003 9:59:28 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Euro hits $1.2115 in Tokyo - another record!

miami.com



To: DavesM who wrote (502516)12/2/2003 10:43:06 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 769667
 
FERC Chair Pat Wood has been everything Ken Lay wanted in a neutered regulator. Wood did everything in his power to protect Lay, but Lay was ultimately too corrupt to be saved.

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Re: both originally Clinton Appointees - One a Democrat, the other a Republican. Note - the crisis began in late May 2000.

You have an excellent memory. Curt Hebert, Jr., the Republican chairman, was removed because he wasn't corrupt enough for the swindlers.



To: DavesM who wrote (502516)12/3/2003 10:57:35 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Yeah... guess it's too bad that Enron's financial frauds collapsed before they could really extract much benefit from getting to appoint their own regulator.

So sad....