Friday, August 26, 2011

Schools/Enron/McKinsey & Company the firm that built the house of Enron/Enron and Native America

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/the_wind_that_blows_over_our_ancestors/
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Enron Goes Native

Sensing the potential of Indian country and feeling the need to shore up some of its relationships (particularity around the issues of rights and access to oil and gas lines), Enron put together an "Indian desk." Jerry Pardilla, a Penobscott and director of the National Tribal Environmental Council, was lured away from the NTEC to head the Indian group at Enron.

http://www.american-buddha.com/911.bush100000dollarclub.htm
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7. *Kenneth & Linda Lay (Houston): $122,500
Lay’s Enron gas hired two GHWB cabinet members as they left office (see James Baker, No. 56, and Robert Mosbacher, No. 30). After GHWB’s ’93 Gulf War victory tour of Kuwait, several members of his entourage, including Baker, stayed on to hustle Enron contracts. The Clinton administration also threatened to cut Mozambique’s aid in ’95 if it did not give Enron a contract. Former Enron president Richard Kinder also gave GWB $119,409.

http://www.apfn.org/enron/whitehouse.htm
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“Baker was on the Enron payroll,” McDonald said. “When Bush senior lost his
reelection bid in 1992, Lay scooped up both Baker and Commerce Secretary Robert
Mosbacher as Enron ‘consultants.’ Bush senior did a Gulf War victory tour of Kuwait in
1993. Baker, Mosbacher and former Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly, a Gulf War commander, were
on the tour to sell Enron contracts to Kuwait.”

http://www.hereinreality.com/baker.html  (James A. Baker)
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He's the Senior Counsel for The Carlyle Group, a company that invests pension funds in defense and telecommunications companies around the world.  The Carlyle Group is the nation's 10th largest defense contractor, with extensive ties to Enron, Global Crossing, Arthur Andersen, the Saudi Royal Family, and the Bin Ladens.

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1109241.html
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Enron's argument relies heavily on federal class action cases in which a would-be plaintiff moved to intervene after denial of class certification under CR 23.   The leading such case is American Pipe.3  There, with 11 days remaining on the statute of limitation, Utah sued American Pipe for damages under the Sherman Act and moved for class certification.   American Pipe, 414 U.S. at 541, 94 S.Ct. 756.   The trial court denied class certification under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23.  Id. at 542-43, 94 S.Ct. 756.   Eight days later, would-be class members moved to intervene in Utah's suit under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a) or (b).   The court denied the motion, concluding that the statute of limitation on the private causes of action had run.  Id. at 543-44, 94 S.Ct. 756.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Clinton
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In 2003, Clinton joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in New York City,[21] and went to work for Avenue Capital Group in the fall of 2006. She served as co-chairperson for a fund-raising week for the Clinton Foundation, and serves on the board of the School of American Ballet.[21]

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/the_wind_that_blows_over_our_ancestors/
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Enron Goes Native

Sensing the potential of Indian country and feeling the need to shore up some of its relationships (particularity around the issues of rights and access to oil and gas lines), Enron put together an "Indian desk." Jerry Pardilla, a Penobscott and director of the National Tribal Environmental Council, was lured away from the NTEC to head the Indian group at Enron

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryreibstein/2011/01/09/how-law-schools-are-ripping-off-students-enron-like/
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1/09/2011 @ 4:29PM |3,017 views

How Law Schools are Ripping Off Students, Enron-Like

I've been an editor at Forbes since 1998, overseeing a variety of topics including legal affairs, autos, economy, Wall St, philanthropy, you name it. Prior to Forbes I wrote for Newsweek magazine, covering general business as well as legal and media issues. I also wrote or edited for The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other newspapers and wire services, some of which are still alive.

 

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The New York Times ran an excellent piece this morning that spells out in great detail  how many of the nation’s law schools are essentially like bad vocational schools—they rope in students with dubious job placement statistics and then pile student debt on them.
Here’s one money quote:
“Enron-type accounting standards have become the norm,” says William Henderson of Indiana University, one of many exasperated law professors who are asking the American Bar Association to overhaul the way law schools assess themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajat_Gupta
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Career

[edit] McKinsey and Company

Gupta joined McKinsey & Company in 1973 as one of the first Indian-Americans at the consultancy. He was initially rejected because of inadequate work experience, a decision that was overturned after his Harvard Business School professor Walter J. Salmon called Ron Daniel, then head of the New York office and later also the managing director of McKinsey, on Gupta's behalf.[8] Gupta began his career in New York before moving to became the head of the Scandinavian offices in 1981. Elected senior partner in 1984, he became head of the Chicago office in 1990. In 1994 he was elected the firm's first managing director (chief executive) born outside of the US, and re-elected twice in 1997 and 2000. After completing three full terms (the maximum allowed, by a rule he had initiated) and nearly a decade as head of the firm, Gupta became senior partner in 2003 and retired from McKinsey as senior partner emeritus in 2007.[11] Gupta is widely regarded as one of the first Indians to successfully break through the glass ceiling, as the first Indian-born CEO of a multinational corporation.
During Gupta's time as head of McKinsey, the firm opened offices in 23 new countries and doubled its consultant base.[12] His successor Ian Davis was elected by "emphasizing the need for a return to the McKinsey heritage."[13] It was also a time of perceived shifting of standards. Enron, closely identified with McKinsey, collapsed during Gupta's tenure. During the dot-com bubble he and Anil Kumar created a program for McKinsey to accept payment from its clients in stock. Gupta's accountability for the shifting of standards was weighed differently by different observers.[14]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2002/mar/24/enron.theobserver
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The firm that built the house of Enron

McKinsey refocused the energy firm. Now it fears collateral damage from the collapse, says Jamie Doward

Can masters of the universe catch Enronitis? It is a question growing louder each day as the fallout from the world's biggest bankruptcy spreads around the globe.
With Andersen, Enron's accountants, on the critical list and Wall Street looking decidedly sick for its part in ramping Enron stock, questions are being asked about whether McKinsey is about to suffer collateral damage.
Enron is the house that McKinsey rebuilt. The brightest minds at the world's most prestigious consulting firm helped turn the lumbering old-economy gas distribution dinosaur into a new-economy success story envied by every corporation in America.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Burt
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Richard Burt is a US Trustee of Atlantic Partnership.
Richard Burt serves as chairman of Diligence, LLC, a commercial information and security services firm based in Washington, London and Miami. He also serves as International Director of the Washington-based government affairs firm, Barbour, Griffith and Rogers and as an advisor to the Carlyle Group, a private equity investment firm. Member of the Aspen Institute / Middle East Strategy Group.
In addition to his position at Diligence, Mr. Burt serves as Chairman of the Board of Weirton Steel (NYSE), the largest tin-plate manufacturer in the U.S. He serves on the Board of Hollinger International, a company owning newspapers in Europe and the United States; and HCL Technologies, an India-based information technology company. He is also a director of the Brinson Advisors family of funds and the Deutsche Bank-AlexBrown fund family. In addition, he is a member of the Textron Corporation's International Advisory Council.
Prior to the formation of Diligence LLC,[1] Mr. Burt was a partner with McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Campbell
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David Campbell is chief executive officer of Luminant, fomerly TXU Corp.

David Campbell is CEO of Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH). Luminant's activities include plant and mine operations, wholesale marketing and trading, and construction and development of new power plants. Previously, Campbell served as chief financial officer for EFH's chief financial officer beginning 2006. Campbell joined the company in 2004 as executive vice president of corporate planning, strategy and risk.[1]
Before joining EFH, Campbell was a principal in the Dallas office of McKinsey & Company, Inc.[1]
Campbell earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He also received a master's degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.[1]

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Luminant
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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Matt/Goering
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Matt Goering

Title
Vice President at Luminant
Demographic info
Dallas/Fort Worth Area | Utilities
Current:
Vice President at Luminant
Past:
Director -- Trader at Enron, Engineer at Koch Industries
Education:
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Kansas

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/04/business/fi-enron4/2
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Tapes Reveal Enron's Power Plant Rigging

Transcripts detail how electricity traders conspired to shut down smooth-running generating facilities during the energy crisis.

February 04, 2005|Jonathan Peterson | Times Staff Writer
As part of its case against Enron, the Washington utility found a May 6, 1998, Enron memo referring to a "PHONY import," another tactic for taking advantage of the energy market. The memo noted that the independent system operator "will call and tell us we're out of balance, so tell them we intend to correct the imbalance in the 'hour-ahead' market. In fact, we really intend to do NOTHING.... "
In response to the disclosure, Cal-ISO officials said Thursday that such tactics would no longer be possible because of reforms that have been implemented since 2002. "There are many practices in place to prevent that type of phony import from happening today," McCorkle said.

http://www.vell.com/ceo-coo-and-gm
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Mr. Vincent De Palma
President, PBMS

Customer Communications Management
President, Benefit Services, Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
VP and General Manager, Petroleum Heat and Power Company
Principal, McKinsey & CompanyREAD MORE

Mr. Ian McKinnon
President and CEO

Wireless Security Software
President and CEO, Novator
President and CEO, Promis
Managing Director, DEC


http://www.certicom.com/index.php/2002-press-releases/38-2002-press-releases/359-ian-mckinnon-brings-operational-management-and-international-business-development-expertise-with-public-and-private-high-tech-growth-companies-
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About Ian McKinnon
Ian McKinnon is a proven chief executive with over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology industry. Before accepting the chief executive role at Certicom, McKinnon was the CEO of several privately held, Toronto-based firms. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Promis Systems Corporation (TSE: PSW) of Toronto, Ontario, from 1995 until 2000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROMIS
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