And home of most of the people who lost their jobs and their retirement savings in the same month in 2000.
I think every Houstonian must know at least one person impacted by Enron's crimes.
One of the jurors right now is saying she knew absolutely nothing about the case or Enron, at all. Knew no one who worked there or lost money with them.
I was in their office the day the stock first fell below $1. The place was a morgue; it was good the windows wouldn't open. They quickly took the automated stock price display out of the lobby. I was working on a project for them at the time when the bankruptcy filings were announced. Vendors called trucks on the road and had them turn around. All pricing agreements null and void. It was tough to buy 36" 1200# actuated valves cash up front.