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- noun The events that led up to the
bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation
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Examples
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CHARLES PRESTWOOD, FORMER ENRON EMPLOYEE: ... for Enron and the predecessor for 33 1/2 years, $1,310,507.17.
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KEN LAY, FORMER ENRON CHAIRMAN: I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad.
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DAVID, ENRON TRADER: Hi, this is David up at Enron.
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RON JORDAN, FORMER ENRON EMPLOYEE: I'd really like to ask him why he could do this to so many past and present Enron employees.
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JANICE FARMER, FORMER ENRON EMPLOYEE: My investments were 100 percent in Enron stock in the 401 (k) savings plan.
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JEFFREY SKILLING (?), FORMER CEO OF ENRON: At the time I left the company, I fervently believed that Enron would continue to be successful.
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BILL LERACH, ENRON INVESTIGATORS ATTORNEY: What we want is the right to question Arthur Andersen people and Enron people about the document destruction that has admittedly occurred.
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JEFFREY SKILLING, FORMER ENRON EXECUTIVE: It used to be kind of a joke in Enron that you couldn't go to the men's room without the accountants and the lawyers going in with you.
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LESLIE CALDWELL, ENRON TASK FORCE HEAD: We are going to get to the bottom of the Enron debacle.
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ENRON EXECUTIVE: Enron had a brief window to salvage itself this past fall, and we missed that opportunity, because of Mr. Lay's failure to recognizing or accept that the company had manipulated its financial statements.
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