Basically it was pricing itself in the share index for a great deal higher that it should have been. When this was found out, basically it couldn't survive because this is illegal practice.
According to an article published in the Los Angeles Times in January, 2002, an investor known to specialize in short-selling, named James Chanos, was a prominent critic of Wall Streets valuation of Enron. While his claims received little attention, Chanos began to publicly challenge the reports of Enron's profitability. He began to short Enron stock in early 2001--well ahead of the collapse--and, throughout 2001, a small number of investors began to follow his lead. By December 2, 2001, Enron had declared bankruptcy, thus fueling the ongoing debate about whether investors had been duped, or simply weren't paying attention to the proper indicators.
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Oh heck, no. Enron was a major player in the electricity industry and made vast amounts of money cheating customers.
there should have been more governmental regulation and reviews of large corporations, like Enron.
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Enron was filed for bankruptcy on December 2nd 2001
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Enron was filed for bankruptcy on December 2nd 2001
WorldCom filed for bankruptcy in 2002. At the time, it was the largest bankruptcy ever, with $107 billion in assets. This almost twice as much as that of Enron Corp.
Enron was a Houston-based energy-trading and utilities company known for one of the biggest accounting frauds in history. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and has since a symbol of corporate corruption. See related links for Answers.com references on Enron.
Then the Enron bankruptcy and accounting scandal hit the news, and the entire energy sector was affected by the fallout. In less than a year Mirant's stock price declined about 80 percent.
The population of Enron is 22,000.
Enron ended in 2001.
Enron scandal was created in 1985.
The only thing Enron executives were to think about was making a profit by any means necessary. Ethics were not valued in this type of corporate "survival of the fittest" atmosphere. People who didn't produce were let go, prompting workers to take drastic measures just to keep their jobs.
According to an article published in the Los Angeles Times in January, 2002, an investor known to specialize in short-selling, named James Chanos, was a prominent critic of Wall Streets valuation of Enron. While his claims received little attention, Chanos began to publicly challenge the reports of Enron's profitability. He began to short Enron stock in early 2001--well ahead of the collapse--and, throughout 2001, a small number of investors began to follow his lead. By December 2, 2001, Enron had declared bankruptcy, thus fueling the ongoing debate about whether investors had been duped, or simply weren't paying attention to the proper indicators.
After the Enron accounting scandal came to light, its stock price plummeted to 0, which wiped out many investors who had purchased Enron's stock.