Lay urged staff to talk up Enron and even suggested they tell family and friends to buy in. His upbeat message came just weeks before the company revealed disastrous quarterly results and a $1.2 ...

Lay was awaiting sentence on his conviction for fraud and conspiracy in the matter of Enron's collapse. A family spokesman confirmed to the media that the 64-year-old businessman had passed away ...

(CNN) -- Enron founder and convicted fraudster Ken Lay has died of a massive heart attack at his holiday home in Aspen, Colorado. Lay was awaiting sentencing for fraud and conspiracy convictions ...

In the fall of 2001, as Enron’s internal problems mounted and its stock price tumbled, Chair Kenneth Lay told employees the opposite of what was really going on. “The company is fundamentally ...

Former Enron chairman and chief executive Kenneth Lay has abruptly cancelled his planned testimony before Congress this week for what his lawyer characterised as the increasingly "prosecutorial ...

Enron founder Ken Lay’s convictions were vacated after he died of heart disease following his 2006 trial. On Monday — the 23rd anniversary of the bankruptcy filing — a company representing ...

In the fall of 2001, as Enron’s internal problems mounted and its stock price tumbled, Chair Kenneth Lay told employees the opposite of what was really going on. “The company is fundamentally sound,” ...

Enron didn’t begin as an energy trading company in 1985 when Kenneth Lay founded it. After the U.S. Congress adopted multiple laws deregulating the sale of natural gas, Enron lost the exclusive ...

Bush distanced himself Thursday from Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay. "I have never discussed with Mr. Lay the financial problems of the company," Bush told reporters. He said he last saw Lay ...

Enron Top Officials Found Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy Bethany Mclean of Fortune Magazine reports on the guilty verdict former top officials, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, former top officials.

the personalities of Ken Lay (with Falwellesque rectitude), Jeff Skilling (he of big ideas), Lou Pai (gone with $250 M), and Andy Fastow (the dark prince) dominate. Along the way, we watch Enron ...