1.   Among the issues under scrutiny is whether lawyers for the bankrupt energy trader helped construct deals that ultimately led the company to financial disaster.

2.   An old-line gas pipeline company had been transformed into a brilliant energy trader that could apply its magic around the world.

3.   Andersen also is facing investigations for its auditing role in the collapse of Houston-based energy trader Enron.

4.   Aquila, the second-largest energy trader in the United States, has aggressive plans.

5.   As a result, foreign refiners and energy traders sent as much of their gasoline to the United States as possible.

6.   At some hubs, rival energy traders say, Enron accounted for a much higher percentage of trading of some products, giving it enormous influence in the marketplace.

7.   At that agency, she helped win an exemption from government oversight for the trading of energy products, a change that helped Enron and other energy traders.

8.   A frontier mentality, epitomized by companies like Enron, the giant Houston-based energy trader, blew into New York bearing all the trappings of Marlboro Country.

9.   A greater number of energy traders, for example, have turned to the New York Mercantile Exchange to use its clearing services for trades.

10.   Alliance had started to bet heavily on Enron when the energy trader was beloved by Wall Street.