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#272 Updated: 10/03/06 5:27 p.m.

10/03/06 Daily release sought for Fastow
Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow is barely a week into his six-year
prison term, and plaintiffs' attorneys want a judge to let him leave the lockup
during daylight hours over the next three weeks to give what they call a crucial
deposition in pending shareholder litigation.

10/03/06 Comverse chief tried to bribe colleague to take blame, US says
Jacob ``Kobi" Alexander, the former Comverse Technology Inc. chief executive
facing extradition from Namibia, tried to bribe a colleague to take the blame for
the crimes he's accused of, a US official said.

10/03/06 Report: Young Workforce Is 'Ill-Prepared'
As the baby boom generation slowly exits the U.S. workplace, a new report says
the incoming generation is sorely lacking in much needed workplace skills -- both
basic academic and more advanced "applied" skills.

10/03/06 Enron Distributes Another $3.37 Billion
Enron Corp. has now paid 26 percent of its bankruptcy claims.

10/03/06 State shutters 2 more mortgage brokers in fraud case
The state shut down two mortgage brokers yesterday for alleged fraud and
ordered four others to stop doing business without a license, the latest in a wave
of crackdowns on the mortgage industry in Massachusetts.