FYI

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Enron generates anger London 10 May 2001 09:14 =01* An Enron executive was=
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greeted with lots of scepticism and even some anger at the Steel Service=20
Center Institute=01,s annual meeting in California this week. Enron Industr=
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Markets ceo Jeffrey McMahon included amongst his top ten reasons for Enron=
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=01&market making=018 foray into the steel business a perceived lack of=20
dependability amongst US mills as well as their practice of treating=20
customers (except automakers) as =01&annoyances=018. An unidentified mill e=
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in the crowd rose during the Q&A session to pointedly challenge McMahon=01,=
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accusations. Another mill executive was overheard complaining that he felt =
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though he had just been held up as a =01&liar and a cheat=018. Enron seems =
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relish its role as enemy of the steel status quo. The final slide of McMaho=
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s presentation to the SSCI touted its recognition as the =01&pushiest=018 c=
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in the metals business last year =01* an award bestowed, somewhat=20
tongue-in-cheek, last December by MB...