Ken Lay
Ken Lay
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Laywas an American businessman. He was the CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation. Lay was indicted by a grand jury on 11 counts of securities fraud in 2004. In 2006, Lay's trial began in Houston and he was found guilty on 10 counts. Lay died while vacationing in Snowmass, Colorado, on July 5, 2006, three months before his October 23 sentencing. A preliminary autopsy reported Lay had died of a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease...
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The biggest problem in California is consumers are not going to see the price signals. If they don't see the price signals, they are not changing behavior so the problem is going to get worse.
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is the Justice Department not willing to agree to an immediate and speedy trial?
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The word train wreck is something I would remember.
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Could it be that my indictment -- curiously issued two weeks before the Democratic National Convention -- is largely political?
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(Vinson & Elkins) shared with us the four people Ms. Watkins said agreed with her about her concerns in fact did not agree with her on those matters. Nor did anybody else they talked to.
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I would never have thought ever that I would be in criminal court defending charges.
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While we had been willing to give Andersen the benefit of the doubt until the completion of that investigation, we can't afford to wait any longer in light of recent events, including the reported destruction of documents by Andersen personnel and the disciplinary actions taken against several of Andersen's partners working in its Houston office,
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I can't imagine a worse nightmare ... than being accused of criminal activity you did not do.
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We basically had a real-time audit by Arthur Andersen ongoing, all the time.
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It was a very spirited discussion on a number of issues.
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We believe that the information we have made available addresses a number of the concerns that have been raised by our shareholders and the SEC about these matters,
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Absolutely not. At the time I thought all of those things were accurate.
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You're always trying to get as much information as you can about different charges that come up in a case like this.
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Jeff was very genuine about his problem. In my 10 to 15 years with Jeff, he'd always been a straight-shooter with me.