By 1990 Lay was chairman of Houston-based Enron Corp. and Kinder, as president, was second-in-command.

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Their evidence: Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that collapsed after it was indicted following the Enron Corp. implosion in 2001.

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Many point to high-profile failures at shared-ownership companies, including Enron Corp.

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Enron Corp. ex-vice chairman Rebecca Mark was telling her family why she had to fly from Houston to New York on another trip for Azurix, the water company she runs.

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Some Democrats charge that Enron Corp.

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