HealthSouth CFO pleads guilty amid probe into profits inflation
William Owens, 44, of Birmingham, pleads guilty to false certification of financial information as HealthSouth sees its probe widen. Sentencing pending. could face up to 30 years and fines up to 5.5 million. Owens cooperates as former FF0 Weston Smith also pledges guilty. HealthSouth, with 50,000 employees and 1,700 facilities, faces federal scrutiny over overstated profits by at least 1.4 billion.
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FERC Finds Broad Power Manipulation
Federal regulators find seven Enron subsidiaries and five other energy firms manipulated natural gas and electricity markets in California. They say the actions yielded unjust profits and push toward refunds totaling about 3.3 billion dollars, with California seeking 9 billion. Governor Gray Davis supports the ruling as necessary action.
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