So Towers Perrin came up with the clever idea of having Enron buy the contracts, providing the Lays with immediate liquidity, and hold them as deferred compensation for Mr. Lay with the idea that they would be transferred back in the future under a cliff vesting schedule.

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The idea is that, with the constitution adopted, Serbia will hold an election before Kosovo goes, stopping the extremist Radical Party from picking up more disaffected votes.

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They had even discussed the possibility of spinning out the drillships division in an IPO, but with the rigs in production still needing financing and contracts that idea is on hold indefinitely.

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