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#174 Updated:  5/4/06 8:48 p.m.

05/04/06 Ex-Enron broadband executives get 2d trial
The first of three retrials of five former Enron Corp. broadband executives began
yesterday with a prosecutor telling the jury it was about fraud and deception. The
defense insisted no crimes were committed.

05/04/06 Lay Was Forced to Sell Stock Due to Margin Calls, Expert Says
Lay Was Forced to Sell Stock Due to Margin Calls, Expert Says

05/04/06 Enron's Causey Won't Testify as Prosecutors' Confidence Grows
U.S. prosecutors won't call former Enron Corp. Chief Accounting Officer Richard
Causey to testify against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling because of growing
confidence in convicting the two men, legal experts said.

05/04/06 Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox: Former State Employee Sentenced
to Prison for Embezzling State Funds
Attorney General Mike Cox announced today the sentencing of 39-year-old
Charles Andrus Byam, Jr. of Lansing, Michigan, a former employee of the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), on 3 counts of Embezzlement in
Excess of $20,000 for stealing $181,061.98 while employed by the MDEQ.

05/04/06 California Chiropractor and Legal Assistant Plead No Contest to Fraud
An Encino, Calif., chiropractor Nasrin "Nancy" Hadizadeh Fathi, 43, and legal
assistant Behrouz Beck Saffary, 51, have pled no contest and were found guilty of
one count each of insurance fraud, the California Department of Insurance
reported.

05/04/06 The People Who Count
With too few accountants to go around, companies are grabbing people wherever
they can find them.

05/04/06 SEC Chief Accountant Defends 404
Admits SEC's cost estimates were "way off," but says companies are likely testing
too many controls. He also says the concept of different rules for smaller
companies is "difficult."
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