“Enron exploited an accounting loophole allowing it to book entire transactions as “sales” and Wall Street analysis, whole own firms could never engage in such creative accounting, never caught on. Enron used its dealer market to match a buyer with a seller, but Enron considered itself to take “delivery” of the entire contract for a moment in time-thus allowing Enron to book the entire transaction as a “sale” even though Enron really was only the middleman...
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Enron used its dealer market to match a buyer with a seller, but Enron considered itself to take “delivery” of the entire contract for a moment in time-thus allowing Enron to book the entire transaction as a “sale” even though Enron really was only the middleman. Enron reported an increase in “sales” from $13...
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