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#133 Updated:  3/09/06 7:41 a.m.

03/09/06 Scrushy criticizes key witness
HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy, acquitted last year of securities fraud,
dropped in at the criminal trial of former Enron Corp. executives Kenneth Lay and
Jeffrey Skilling Wednesday and upstaged the government's chief witness.

03/08/06 US says to pursue fraud claims against Mario Gabelli
The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it would pursue civil fraud claims
against investor Mario Gabelli, alleging that he was at the center of a scheme to
deceive the government during federal auctions of wireless telephone licenses in
the 1990s.

03/08/06 The Fall Guy Speaks
Every well-engineered fraud has a fall guy, and at Enron that was supposed to be
Andrew Fastow. But in testimony Tuesday against his former bosses, Jeffrey
Skilling and Kenneth Lay, Fastow exacted his revenge.

03/08/06 Fastow Says Lay Didn't Object to Cover-Up of Earnings Shortfall
Former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay didn't object when another executive
proposed to cover up an earnings slump in 2001, Enron's ex-finance chief testified
in a bid to link Lay to the accounting fraud that ruined the company.

03/08/06 Defense rips into Fastow's testimony
In rapid-fire questioning today, defense attorneys began pounding at the
credibility of former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow.

03/08/06 Spitzer to depose Grasso starting Tuesday
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office will begin deposing former New
York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso on Tuesday about his controversial
$193 million pay package, said sources familiar with the situation.

03/08/06 Workers Admit to Telling Lies at the Office
Ever get the feeling your co-worker's pants are on fire? Your instincts may be
right. Nineteen percent of workers admit they tell lies at the office at least once a
week, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey.

03/07/06 Convicted CEO staged own mugging, authorities say
A former CEO turned federal felon faked a mugging by asking his teenage son to
whack him over the head with a two-by-four, authorities said.

03/07/06 Tanzi Feels 'Remorse' for Parmalat Scandal
Parmalat's founder and former chairman testified at his own trial for the first time
Tuesday, asking for forgiveness from all those hurt by fraud at the Italian dairy
giant while blaming national and international banks for contributing to its
downfall.
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