Boutique

Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling told top executives, including founder Kenneth Lay, “they’re on to us,” after reviewing an investment boutique’s research note that was critical of Enron’s special purpose entities (SPEs) run by then-CFO Andrew Fastow, a witness testified Thursday. Fastow, potentially the star witness in the trial of Skilling and Lay, is expected to take the stand this week in Houston.