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Enron's stock price (former NYSE ticker symbol: ENE) from August 23, 2000 ($90) to January 11, 2002 ($0.12). As a result of the decrease of the stock price, shareholders incurred paper losses of nearly $11 billion. [3] On November 28, 2001, Enron's two worst possible outcomes came true.
Indeed, Enron's unscrupulous actions were often gambles to keep the deception going and so increase the stock price. An advancing price meant a continued infusion of investor capital on which debt-ridden Enron in large part subsisted (much like a financial "pyramid" or " Ponzi scheme ").
Enron filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 2, 2001, amid revelations of hidden debt, inflated profits and accounting fraud. The collapse of the energy giant cost thousands of workers their jobs, while ...
The 2000–2001 California electricity crisis, also known as the Western U.S. energy crisis of 2000 and 2001, was a period of time during which the U.S. state of California had a shortage of electricity supply caused by market manipulations and capped retail electricity prices. [10]
The energy company's collapse put more than 5,000 people out of work, wiped out more than $2 billion in employee pensions and rendered $60 billion in Enron stock worthless. Its aftershocks were felt throughout the energy sector.
By the time Skilling is dragged away in handcuffs, 29,000 employees -- who had been encouraged to "invest in themselves" by buying Enron stock -- have lost their jobs and their savings.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a price-weighted average (adjusted for splits and dividends) of 30 large companies on the New York Stock Exchange, peaked on January 14, 2000, with an intra-day high of 11,750.28 and a closing price of 11,722.98. In 2001, the DJIA was largely unchanged overall but had reached a secondary peak of 11,337.92 ...
Also available on the flashy new Enron site is a selection of clothing items on the company store which include stickers ($5), beanies ($30), T-shirts ($40), puffer vests ($89) and hoodies for ($118).