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| _________::::____#137 - March 15, 2006________________ |
| #137 Updated: 3/14/06 10:28 p.m. 03/14/06 Risk analyst recounts opposition to Fastow deals The Enron jury heard from three former Enron workers Tuesday — a risk analyst who fought Andrew Fastow's side deals, a young man who facilitated those deals and corroborated Fastow's testimony and a pipeline worker who didn't know who Fastow was. 03/14/06 Spitzer says Sarbanes-Oxley rules go too far New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday joined the chorus claiming that stricter rules under Sarbanes-Oxley legislation may have gone too far and are hurting smaller companies. 03/14/06 LJM figure bolsters Fastow testimony A former employee of the secretive LJM partnerships run by Andrew Fastow took the stand today, bolstering the testimony of his former boss that Enron supported the shady deals to keep poorly performing assets off of its balance sheets. 03/14/06 Metro man arrested in mortgage fraud sting The FBI's second mortgage fraud sting operation in metro Atlanta in less than a month has nabbed a Homeland Security employee who lives in the area. 03/14/06 SEC Wants Input on Auditor Independence Rules The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's proposed ethics and auditor independence rules concerning independence, tax services and contingent fees |