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ileus

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12. Enron.....based on personal impact.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 11:13 AM

Jul 2012

My mother and father lost their life savings because they invested 95% of their savings in Enron.

Us kids didn't find out until my mother passed away in 2005. They lost a huge chunk of change.

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