Occupation: Businessman Birth: April 15, 1942 Death: July 5, 2006
In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time..
Every market is in transition..
The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants..
I always took my role as a leader, and certainly chairman and CEO of a major company very seriously as to our employees and trying to create opportun….
I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for presid….
But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron..
Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away..
Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within ….
We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people..
When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall..
We will cooperate fully with the SEC and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest..
There are absolutely no problems that had anything to do with Jeff's departure..
There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues..
I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and al….
If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law..
The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July ….
We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition..
I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare..
Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled..
The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe ev….
Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting..