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#146 Updated:  3/27/06 5:20 p.m.

03/27/06 Glisan: Enron Had Sufficient Cash
Lay-Skilling defense continues to suggest that the company was doing fine until
short-sellers moved into action and investors made a ''run on the bank.''

03/27/06 Justice Department finds billing irregularities by former interim Enron CEO
The turnaround expert who led Enron Corp. through its bankruptcy engaged in
unacceptable billing practices and has agreed to cut in half the $25 million he has
been seeking as a “success fee,” the Justice Department said Monday.

03/27/06 Ex-Enron attorney, accountant settle SEC charges
A former attorney and a former accountant at Enron Corp. settled civil fraud
charges for their roles in manipulating the disgraced company's earnings in 2000,
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.

03/27/06 Mass fraud trial set for Monaco
A mass fraud trial opens on Tuesday in the tiny Mediterranean principality of
Monaco against a U.S. entrepreneur, his daughter and three others accused of
cheating investors out of millions of euros.

03/27/06 KPMG: Fraud surveillance by Indian firms on the rise
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: New standards force companies in India to set up new
systems for fraud detection and prevention.

03/27/06 Ex-KPMG Partner Pleads Guilty in Tax-Shelter Case
Former KPMG LLP partner David Rivkin pleaded guilty to helping sell improper tax
shelters, becoming the first ex-employee of the accounting firm to admit helping
rich people hide income from the Internal Revenue Service.

03/27/06 KPMG Reaches Revised Pact on Tax Shelters
The accounting firm KPMG has said that it reached a revised settlement with tax
shelter investors, but it warned that the reduced agreement could still fall apart.

03/24/06 Halliburton Ex-CFO May Return to Court
Unable to reach agreement with regulators, the former finance chief is probably
heading to trial over a failure to disclose a change in accounting practice.

03/24/06 Bonuses to Loan Brokers Scrutinized
A little-known reward for brokers who arrange home loans at high interest rates
is drawing scrutiny from law enforcement authorities, who say these bonuses can
cost unwitting homeowners thousands of dollars over time.
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