BREAKING NEWS ~ Former Merrill banker gets prison for role in Enron scandal News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Former Merrill banker gets prison for role in Enron scandal

[JURIST] Ex-Merrill Lynch investment banker Robert Furst has been fined $565,000 and sentenced to 37 months in federal prison in connection with his role in the Enron [corporate website] scandal. Furst was convicted for setting up a fake deal with Enron in 1999 to boost that company's earnings. Another former Merrill Bank executive had previously been sentenced [JURIST report] to 30 months in prison for his involvment in the scandal. Reuters has more.

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India constitution adopted

On November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India voted to adopt the country's first constitution after attaining independence from the United Kingdom. The document went into force on January 26 of the following year.