24 Days by Rebecca Smith

24 Days by Rebecca Smith

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Chronicles the fall of ENron in 2001 due to the investigative process of two reporters who were able to uncover the truth about the company's financial losses.

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24 Days by Rebecca Smith

Chronicles the fall of ENron in 2001 due to the investigative process of two reporters who were able to uncover the truth about the company's financial losses.
"A fascinating tale that reveals as much about the journalistic process as about Enron" -- Washington Post "Gripping...24 Days is a fast-paced, enjoyable read and the best of the Enron books yet." -- USA Today "Featuring unnamed sources, conflicts with editors and angry phone calls with Enron staffers...Think All the President's Men." -- Associated Press "A gripping first-person narrative." -- Fast Company a page-turner...a riveting behind-the-scenes look at investigative reporting at its highest level -- Forbes.com "A good story that goes well beyond the common narrative of a company of excess" -- Houston Chronicle Even though 24 Days has the feel of a true crime book, the business lessons within it are eye-opening. -- Jack Covert, 1-800-CEO-READ "[A] chronicle of greed run wild." -- Denver Post
Rebecca Smith is a national energy reporter in the Los Angeles bureau of the Wall Street Journal. She won the Gerald Loeb Award in 1996 and 2001. John R. Emshwiller, a senior national correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, has spent most of the past decade covering white-collar crime and related issues. He is the author of Scam Dogs & Mo-Mo Mamas. Together, Smith and Emshwiller shared the 2002 Gerald Loeb Award for their coverage of Enron.
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ISBN 13 9780060520748
ISBN 10 0060520744
Title 24 Days
Author Rebecca Smith
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published 2011-03-20
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.