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Enron  

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  • Enron is the name of the company that caused a major corporate accounting scandal and related financial irregularities in 2001 that disrupted financial markets. In 1985, Houston Natural Gas merged with InterNorth, a natural gas company based in Omaha, Nebraska. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Enron]

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