24 days; how two Wall Street Journal reporters uncovered the lies that destroyed faith in corporate America.0060520744 24 days; how two Wall Street Journal reporters uncovered the lies that destroyed faith in corporate America. Smith, Rebecca and John R. Emshwiller John R. Emshwiller is a senior national correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, the pre-eminent newspaper of the financial community in the United States. In 2002, he shared the Gerald Loeb Award for his coverage of the unfolding Enron scandal with Rebecca Smith. . HarperCollins 2004 412 pages $14.95 Paperback HD9502 On October 16, 2001, the Wall Street Journal published the first in a series of articles on the shady financial dealings of the Enron Corporation Enron Corporation, U.S. company that in 2001 became the largest bankruptcy and stock collapse in U.S. history up to that time. The company was formed in 1985 when InterNorth purchased Houston Natural Gas to create the country's longest natural-gas pipeline network. . In this accessible narrative first published in 2003, investigative journalists Smith and Emshwiller describe how they managed to break through Enron's stonewalling stone·wall v. stone·walled, stone·wall·ing, stone·walls v.intr. 1. Informal a. over the course of less than a month and expose its inner workings to the public. This paperback edition has been updated with a new prologue pro·logue also pro·log n. 1. An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play. 2. An introduction or introductory chapter, as to a novel. 3. An introductory act, event, or period. by the authors. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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