1.   Andersen was the auditor for Enron, the Houston-based energy trading giant that collapsed in a crisis of investor confidence late last year.

2.   As industry restructuring pushes utilities to unload their generating assets to competitive power producers, a handful of national energy giants such as Entergy and Amergen are lining up.

3.   As suggested in this column last week, the San Francisco energy giant is ripe for a merger.

4.   Ashcroft, of course, was forced to recuse himself from any Enron- related matters because he had accepted money from the now-bankrupt energy giant.

5.   Berardino said Enron, the energy giant that only months ago seemed to be a prosperous concern, had withheld critical information about at least one partnership arrangement.

6.   A Texas energy giant finds itself on the financial ropes despite spending years currying favor with Washington.

7.   But that changed last year, in large part because of the collapse of Enron, the energy giant now mired in scandal.

8.   Enron retirees testify about the millions they lost in investing in the energy giant.

9.   Enron lawyers warned company executives that the way the energy giant was trading electricity in California was deceptive and possibly illegal, the lawyers testified Wednesday.

10.   Enron, the local energy giant, has filed for bankruptcy.