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Two Wall Street Journal beat reporters, who were covering stock swindlers

and energy companies far from the analysts, fund managers, and bankers

who had been Enron's biggest cheer!eaders, uncovered the off-balance-

sheet partnerships that had been used to hide Enron's losses.

Acknowledgments

Prologue

PART ONE

Red Sky Warning

"Our CEO Is Resigning."

"Who's Andy Fastow?"

"You Won't Believe What Skilling Just Told Me."

"I Have Found That Mr. Lay Doesn't Take Kindly

to Criticism."

5 "It Isn't a Conflict of Interest."

6 "You're Just Scratching the Surface."

7 "You Are About to Topple a $20B House of Cards."

8 "I Want to Be CFO of the Year."

9 "It's Okay to Have a Conflict."

10 "Make the Journal Go Away."

11 "He Would Have Done Nothing to Harm Enron."

12 "Amend My Last Statement."

PART TWO

The 24 Days

13 "I'm Not Sure It Had a Name."

14 "You Missed Something That Could Be Really Big."

15 "Looks Like the SEC Read Your Stories." 134

16 "There Is an Appearance That You Are Hiding Something."

17 "I Must Have Heard the Term Death Spiral a Dozen Times

Today."

18 "Oh, I Expect to Be in the Office All Weekend."

19 "Those Liars!"

PART THREE The Party's Over

20 "Does Ken Lay Know About This Meeting?"

21 "Don't Approach Their People Again."

22 "At Least We're Going to Be Part of the Biggest

Bankruptcy Ever!"

23 "Laydoff.corn"

PART FOUR

Agershocks and Revelations

24 "There Will Be Something Else Fun and Exciting on the

Other Side."

25 "Enron Has a Problem You May Want to Write About."

26 "I Really Got Sucked into This One."

27 "We Notified Enron's Audit Committee of Possible Illegal Acts

Within the Company."

28 "Do You Guys Have a Shredder Here?"

29 "I Didn't Look Closely. I Didn't Want to Know Too Much." 296

30 "You've Got to Be Kidding Me."

31 "I Feel I Just Can't Go On."

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Book Description

This is the story of two Wall Street Journal beat reporters -- one covering the energy industry just after the chaotic California electricity crisis; the other chasing stock swindlers. Together these journalists were ideally placed to uncover one of the great cons of the century. Here is a story about the fall of a great company, and the practice of journalism, marked by skill, luck, and determination.

24 Days is the gripping, untold chronicle of the investigative process -- often haphazard but imbued with insight and commitment -- that broke through Enron's stonewalling and exposed its inner workings, setting in motion a chain of events that shook the public's trust in big business, Wall Street, and the accounting profession.

In August 2001, Jeffrey Skilling unexpectedly resigned from his job as CEO of Enron after only six months in the top job. While Smith -- who had been covering the California energy crisis -- was away, the Wall Street Journal Los Angeles bureau chief drafted Emshwiller to interview Skilling. During a rambling conversation, Emshwiller stumbles onto an unlikely admission from the corporate prodigy, which partly confirms the journalists' suspicions that Skilling didn't quit for "personal reasons." This odd revelation raised ominous questions about Enron's much-bragged-about success.

The two reporters pick and pull at the mystery, and with the help of confidential sources, who understood Enron's inner workings, expose an audacious scheme: Andrew Fastow's off-balance-sheet partnerships that hid Enron's failings and inflated its value by billions of dollars. Refusing to be put off by Enron's arrogant dismissal of anyone who questioned the company's practices, Smith and Emshwiller relied on their instincts and common sense to shine a light into Enron's "black box" finances.

Climaxing in the brief period after Enron released disastrous earnings in October 2001, 24 Days gives a reporter's-eye view of the tug-of-war between journalists and a giant corporation. Each day, a new story uncovered another fact. Each day, the company issued denials. When the doubts and questions reached critical mass and momentum, the stock market cast its final vote of no confidence.

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length: (cm)24.5 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)13.5