Accounting Firm Andersen Faces Enron, Sunbeam Woes

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Enron Corp.'s meteoric free fall into bankruptcy has once again turned the spotlight on Arthur Andersen, the Big Five accounting firm that has been fending off charges of bending rules to please another client: Boca Raton's Sunbeam Corp.

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From Sunbeam to Enron, Andersen's Reputation Suffers

-- Anonymous, December 21, 2001

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ENRON'S COLLAPSE

Kind Words for Andersen

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.

01/23/2002 The New York Times Page 7, Column 2 c. 2002 New York Times Company

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Last week, the Enron Corporation fired its longtime auditor, Arthur Andersen, during the company's accounting scandal. But not so long ago, Enron's chairman, Kenneth L. Lay, had only nice things to say about his auditors. Andersen's ''expertise and professional skepticism,'' Mr. Lay explained in September 2000, had helped ''improve the overall control environment within'' Enron.

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-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002


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