* 2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

Andrew Stuart Fastow ( born December 22, 1961 ) is an American businessman who served as the chief financial officer of Enron Corporation that was based in Houston, Texas until the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission opened an investigation into his and the company's conduct in 2001.

* In November 2003, he represented Andrew Fastow, deposed Chief Financial Officer of Enron.

Andrew Fastow constructs off-book entities in which Enron would make deals with these companies and then Enron would transfer its debt into those companies while at the same time, Fastow and other Senior execs, with their respective companies, would also be taking money out of those companies from the Enron transactions.

Enron board of directors waive conflict of interest rules in order to allow Andrew Fastow to run private companies that do business with Enron.

* October 24 Andrew Fastow is forced to leave Enron.

Additionally, as investors became more wary of Chewco, Michael Kopper, an Enron employee who reported to CFO Andrew Fastow, took over the titular management role and was used to hide actual ownership.

* Andrew Fastow ( born 1961 ), convicted CFO of Enron, went to NPHS and grew up in New Providence on the same street as the Allen W. Roberts Elementary School.

* Andrew Fastow-Former CFO of Enron

Three Enron executives, including CFO Andrew Fastow, meet with McLean and her Fortune editor to explain the company's finances.

* Andrew Fastow ( born 1961 ), former Enron executive

Fastow was one of the key figures behind the complex web of off-balance-sheet special purpose entities ( limited partnerships which Enron controlled ) used to conceal their massive losses.

Based on his work at Continental, Fastow was hired in 1990 by Jeffrey Skilling at the Enron Finance Corp. Fastow was named the Chief Financial Officer at Enron in 1998.

Fastow designed a complex web of companies that solely did business with Enron, with the dual purpose of raising money for the company, and also hiding its massive losses in their quarterly balance sheets.

Fastow made tens of millions of dollars defrauding Enron in this way, while also neglecting basic financial practices such as reporting the ' cash on hand ' and total liabilities.

Fastow also reportedly got these firms to fire their analysts who dared to report Enron with negative ratings.

On May 6, 2004, his wife, Lea Fastow, a former Enron assistant treasurer, pled guilty to a misdemeanor tax charge and was sentenced to one year in a federal prison in Houston, and an additional year of supervised release.

U. S. District Judge Ken Hoyt believed Fastow deserved leniency for his cooperation with the prosecution in several civil and criminal trials involving former Enron employees.

A number of books have been written about Enron and Fastow.

*" How Fastow Helped Enron Fail ", Time, February 10, 2002

Former CFO Fastow Was Complex Character In Enron Drama.

He is named Chief Executive Officer of Enron Finance Corp.

* May 18 Chief executive of Enron Xcelerator Lou Pai sells 1. 1 million Enron shares over the next 21 days.

* July 13 Chief executive of Enron Broadband Services Ken Rice sells 386, 000 Enron shares.

White also served as a member of Enron's Executive Committee and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Enron Operations Corporation.

*" Army Chief Faces Enron Questions " July 18, 2002, CBSNews. com

Most of the underwriters throughout the show's tenure included: Martin Marietta, Lockheed ( soon to merge long after stopping their share of funding ), Prudential Securities ( and its precursor, Prudential-Bache Securities ), Primerica Financial Services, Hilton Hotels Corporation ( and its subsidiary, Conrad International Hotels ), Sperry Corporation, CSX, Enron Corporation, Enron Foundation, Hanson Trust, Unisys, Travelers Insurance, Ameritech ( before the big switch to SBC, which merged AT & T ), MFS Investment Management, Oppenheimer Funds, A. G. Edwards, The Kaufmann Fund, Deloitte and Touche, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and all local PBS affiliates and their viewers / contributors.

* 2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Fed has since hired Linda Robertson who headed the Washington lobbying office of Enron Corp. and was adviser to all three of the Clinton administration's Treasury secretaries.

Originally called Enron Field, the stadium was to feature a functional retractable roof, a particularly useful feature with unpredictable Houston weather.

In 2002, naming rights were purchased by Houston-based Minute Maid, after Enron went bankrupt.

In his book, Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy, Chris Hayes has attributed what he calls the ' Fail Decade ' — which includes 9 / 11, the Enron scandal, the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the subprime crisis and the Great Recession — to the deterioration of America's meritocratic system into one of plutocracy.

* March 25 – Enron energy traders allegedly route 2, 900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200.

* January 9 – The United States Department of Justice announces it will pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.

When large firms such as Enron, WorldCom and Global Crossing were found guilty of fraud, Wall Street was often blamed, even though these firms had headquarters around the nation and not in Wall Street.

* Geisst, Charles R. Wall Street: A History from Its Beginnings to the Fall of Enron.

Deregulation in the US energy markets in the late 1990s provided Enron with trade opportunities, including buying energy from cheap producers and selling it at markets with floating prices.

This quickly drew the attention of then chief executive officer of Enron Finance Corp Jeffrey Skilling.

Skilling, together with Enron founder Kenneth Lay, was constantly concerned with various ways in which he could keep company stock price up, in spite of the true financial condition of the company.

After being fired by Underworld boss Carla Connor ( Alison King ) because of the company's financial difficulties, Sally complains to Carla's ex-business partner / former fiancé, Frank ( Andrew Lancel ), who employs her at his factory and promotes her to line supervisor.

* 1932 – Texaco introduces Fire Chief gasoline nationwide, a motor fuel that meets the octane requirements for fire engines, and promotes it through a radio program over NBC hosted by Ed Wynn, the " Texaco Fire Chief.

The program promotes leadership through the appointment of a Chief Justice and the use of practicing attorneys who not only judge the students, but also serve as mentors.

In 1995, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Beatty President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a position he held until 1999 when he became president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, a business association that promotes the interests of Canadian industry and exporters.

Angela Sarkis CBE ( b. 1955 ), was the Chief Executive of the Nurture Group Network, a charitable organisation which promotes and supports the development of specialist support for vulnerable children within mainstream education.