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#192 Updated: 5/31/06 4:17 p.m.

05/31/06 Jury finds one ex-Enron Broadband exec guilty
A jury convicted one former Enron Broadband Services executive for his role in a
fraudulent deal that hid the business' weak finances, but acquitted another of the
same charges on Wednesday.

05/31/06 Man given 10-year term in bank, insurance fraud
A Fountain County man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for
convictions on multiple counts of bank and insurance fraud and filing false federal
income tax returns.

05/31/06 Bank Official Admits Fraud
A former Liberty Bank manager admitted Tuesday that she stole nearly $498,000
by making a series of fraudulent loans at the bank's Durham branch, where she
worked for more than 30 years.

05/31/06 EU Urges Crackdown on Tax Fraud
The European Union urged its 25 member governments Wednesday to crack down
on tax fraud, which it estimated cost treasuries at least euro200 billion (about
US$250 billion) a year.

05/31/06 Justices limit whistle-blower rights
The Supreme Court yesterday bolstered government's power to discipline public
employees who make charges of official misconduct, ruling that the First
Amendment does not protect those who blow the whistle in the course of their
official duties.

05/31/06 FDA Whistleblower Says Agency Smeared Him Over His Vioxx Views
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration whistleblower who claimed Merck & Co.'s
Vioxx painkiller caused 140,000 heart attacks and strokes testified that
co-workers at his agency tried to damage his reputation.

05/31/06 Cox Hints at Retreat from Pay Disclosure
The commission's final proposal may omit the requirement that companies disclose
the identities of as many as three highly compensated nonexecutives.
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