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D (1) Enron was founded in 1985 when two gas companies, Houston Natural Gas InterNorth, merged to create the first national natural gas pipe network.

A (2) Ken Lay, boss of Houston Natural Gas, was immediately appointed CEO of the newly-formed company.

F (3) Three years after its creation, Enron opened its first offices abroad as part of a strategy to take advantage of newly-privatised markets.

K (4) At the same time as opening offices overseas, Enron began trading natural gas in North America

H (5) However, Enron was not satisfied with revenue just from gas trading, so it also moved into electricity trading, establishing a trading centre in London. This became the company's most profitable activity.

C (6) During the 1990s, Enron continued to expand and diversify at an incredible rate. It invested $2 billion in a power plant in India, bought a water company in the UK and acquired an electricity company in Portland, Oregon.

G (7) By the end of 2000, annual revenues had reached $100 billion, making Enron the sixth-largest energy company in the world. Most of this was from trading activities.

L (8) By the turn of the century, a highly competitive work culture had developed. Each year 15% of Enron's employees were sacked and replaced with younger, ambitious graduates.

I (9) The first evidence of false accounting came in the first few months of 2001 when Enron admitted it had lost $570 million. Its share price fell, causing a cash and credit crisis.

J (10) In July, the regulator started asking Enron to give more details about its financial performance.

B (11) When it didn't receive answers, the regulator launched a formal investigation into Enron's investments. As a result, Enron's Chief Financial Officer resigned.

M (12) The investigation found that the company and its accountants had lied to its shareholders and employees about $2 billion of debt.

E (13) Finally, the company was declared bankrupt, but the directors had already sold their shares and walked away with the profits.



2012-01-11 06:25:13 補充：
To 回答者:002: No offence
B ~ launch the investigation 開始調查
M ~ Verdict of the investigation 調查結論
B comes before M.
“As a result” means “Because of …”, not “verdict of the investigation”
因為開始調查,所以辭職. 辭職時,未知 verdict
You can’t have the verdict of investigation before the launch of investigation.

The arrangement of words in order on a page is difficult,you've to adjust yourself.
D,A,F,K,H,C,G,L,I,J,M,B,E.

2012-01-11 02:53:10 補充：
Amendment:-B=regulator
M=the investigate