Enron / Tyco / Arthur Andersen / WorldCom / St. Regis / Adelphia / ExxonMobil / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Thailand / North Korea / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Bankruptcy / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / Extinction / /
Facility
building Enron / Houston bar / /
IndustryTerm
finance / media bonfire / steel mill / bank / energy giant / energy industry / swankiest hotel / electricity / short sellers / oil giant / venerable accounting / /
NaturalFeature
Florida Keys / Brazilian forest / Galveston Bay / /
Organization
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / U.S. Justice Department / Federal Bureau of Investigation / White House / Enron’s mission / /
Person
James Baker / Rita Neuhauser / Andrew Fastow / Carol Baxter / Henry Kissinger / Nelson Mandela / Ken Lay / John Clifford Baxter / Jeffrey Skilling / Jeff Skilling / Linda / Cliff Baxter / Kenny Boy / /
Position
psychiatrist / vice chairman / deposed chief financial officer / chief executive officer / CEO / gifted musician / Long Island policeman / receptionist / handpicked finance chief / counsel / CEO and chairman / chairman / president of the United States / CFO / /
INTRODUCTION On a cool Texas night in late January, Cliff Baxter slipped out of bed. He stuffed pillows under the covers so his sleeping wife wouldn’t notice he was gone. Then he stepped quietly through his large subu