Pliability

Confident in the pliability of their wildly successful businessmodel that has transformed the energy industry, Enron needed nodog-and-pony show as executives trotted out forecasts during aninvestor’s conference last week. In the space of a few hours, theHouston-based giant’s executives stressed one point again andagain: they fully expect to remain the leader in every field theyenter into the foreseeable future.