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The names in the Enron game
Los Angeles TimesHere are some of the key players in the Enron Corp. saga, former executives who are expected to figure large in the ongoing federal investigations into the company's collapse. - Kenneth L. Lay: He built the company from an obscure natural gas pipeline...Tags: Natural Gas, McKinsey & Co., Finance, Arthur Andersen, Energy Resources
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Northbrook residents recount Wednesday’s police activity, remember neighbor who died
TribLocal - Northbrook » NewsResidents of a tranquil Northbrook street were trying Thursday morning to make sense of a barricade situation in their neighborhood that ended Wednesday night with …... -
Loans and Lies
Foreclosure is fast approaching for thousands of New York area homeowners and many of them are starting to blame mortgage application fraud. That's just fancy terminology for lies on loan applications that put borrowers in mortgages they can't afford....Tags: Real Estate, Loans, Lawyers, Justice System, Mortgages
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It's business, so emotions don't count
Tribune chief business correspondentFederated Department Stores chief Terry J. Lundgren has spent his years in retailing, and he had a product he wanted to sell: A new brand name for an old, familiar product, the quaintly titled Marshall Field's. He knew the change might be rough on...Tags: History, Hospitals and Clinics, Christmas, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Marshall Field
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The new McBanks: Devaluing design
Tribune architecture criticThe once-grand bank is a picture of ambition humbled by circumstance. Visible on its limestone walls, just beneath its tiled dome, are the words: "Security Strength Stability." Yet today, the 79-year-old edifice at the corner of Oak Park Avenue and...Tags: San Francisco, Chicago Loop, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Illinois, Ice Cream
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Part 1 of 2: Once grand, now bland
Tribune architecture criticBanks used to be about ritual and permanence. They resembled Greek or Roman temples, with the banker playing the secular priest, dispensing loans instead of benedictions. Banks inspired awe, though their built-for- the-ages classicism was salesmanship,...Tags: LaSalle Bank, History, Merchandise Mart, Apple Inc., Children
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Keeping up with ... Mt. Carmel's Craig Robinson
Special to ChicagoSports.comA single phone call in 2000 changed everything for Craig Robinson. It came from newly hired Northwestern men's basketball coach Bill Carmody and eventually led to Robinson, a Mt. Carmel graduate, joining the Wildcats' staff as an assistant. Making the...Tags: University of Chicago, Barack Obama, The Ohio State University, Teaching and Learning, Ivy League
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Look outside: Theobald
Tribune staff reporterIf there is one piece of advice former banker Thomas Theobald has for United Airlines, it's this: Stop the inbreeding. Like lots of other carriers, United tends to hire people from inside the industry, he says. United Chief Executive Glenn Tilton, who...Tags: United Air Lines, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Bank of America Corp., Companies and Corporations
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Fastow has Jekyll and Hyde image, friends say
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe last time Andrew S. Fastow got in a public brawl about money, it was with a cab driver and concerned a 70-cent tip. The cabbie got so upset he punched Fastow in the face. This morning on Capitol Hill, Fastow will get slammed again. Members of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Finance, Satellite and Cable Service, Judaism, Employees
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