If the firms on the other side of Enron's trades start to fear that payment is not coming, they might curb their other trading, producing a knock-on effect.
Even though the Securities and Exchange Commission is inching closer to revising rules to curb manipulative stock trading, it will postpone any decision on whether to preserve a big break for professional options traders until it gathers more comments.
He was therefore incensed in July when China, his semi-friend of last resort, finally backed a toughly worded United Nations resolution, sponsored by Japan, that condemned his provocative missile tests earlier that month and called on governments around the world to help curb his missile trading.