The smartest guys in the room: the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron
Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you h...
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| Summary: | Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have to read to understand this amazing business saga. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | XXV, 435 S., [8] Bl. Ill. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Authors
Notes and Acknowledgments
vii
Cast of Characters
xiii
Our Values
xix
Introduction
xxi
CHAPTER
1.
Lunch on a Silver Platter
1
2.
Please Keep Making Us Millions
15
3.
We Were the Apostles
27
4.
The First
Prima
Donna
44
5.
Guys with Spikes
55
6.
The Empress of Energy
70
7.
The
15
Percent Solution
85
8.
A Recipe for Disaster
100
9.
The Klieg-Light Syndrome
114
10.
The Hotel Kenneth-Lay-a
132
11.
Andy Fastow s Secrets
150
12.
The Big Enchilada
171
13.
An Unnatural Act
189
14.
The Beating Heart of Enron
212
15.
Everybody Loves Enron
229
16.
When Pigs Could Fly
246
17.
Gaming California
264
18.
Bandwidth Hog
284
19.
Ask Why, Asshole
313
20.
I Want to Resign
337
21.
The
$45
Million Question
352
22.
We Have No Cash!
378
epilogue:
Isn t Anybody Sorry?
406
index
415
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