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#122 Updated:  2/17/06 7:42 a.m.

02/17/06 Enron:  'Real progress' made as case picks up steam
After the first witness dragged into this week, it was a surprise to see Ken Rice,
ex-CEO of the company's broadband unit, released from testimony after lunch
Thursday, his third day on the stand.

02/16/06 Enron retirement plans to get $134 mln, U.S. says
Workers and retirees of Enron Corp. (ECSPQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) will
receive about $134 million under a settlement of government and employee claims
against the fallen energy company, the U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday.

02/16/06 Former General Re, AIG execs plead not guilty
Three former officers of the reinsurance unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire
Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N: Quote, Profile, Research), and one former executive of
insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG.N: Quote, Profile,
Research), pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from a $500
million accounting fraud

02/16/06 FBI wants businesses' help to fight cybercrime
"Those of you in the private sector are our first line of defense," Mueller said
Wednesday, during a speech to attendees of the RSA Conference 2006 here. "We
recognize that in certain areas we lack the expertise that you possess. We lack
the specific knowledge of threats that affect individual businesses every day."

02/16/06 SEC Pulls 25 Stock Registrations
The Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday revoked the stock
registrations of 25 companies that failed to file quarterly and annual reports with
the commission - the largest such effort in a single day.

02/16/06 State sues Block on loans
California sued H&R Block Inc. over its "refund anticipation loans" Wednesday,
saying the tax preparation firm dupes the working poor out of millions of dollars
through high interest charges and deceptive marketing practices.
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