Enron - the hearings Lay says silence does not mean guilt Kenneth Lay, former Enron chief executive, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on the energy company's collapse, but asked congressional investigators not to assume his silence was an admission of wrong-doing. |  Read Fresh questions over Skilling testimony Jeffrey Skilling, former chief executive of Enron, attended an investors' meeting where one of its most controversial private partnerships was discussed in detail, a senior congressional investigator said on Monday. |  Read Former Enron boss blames panicking investors In a tense and sometimes emotional three-hour grilling before congressional investigators, Jeffrey Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, insisted he had no knowledge of any wrongdoing at the failed energy giant and insisted that it would still be in business if panicking investors had not abandoned it last autumn. |  Read The day the lights went out at Enron A congressional committee hears of meetings darkened by power cuts, of expletives and of suicide, as Enron's former chief executive gives his testimony. |  Read Brokers promised business if scheme supported Wall Street was drawn further into the Enron debacle when it emerged in Congressional hearings that the failed energy trader promised Merrill Lynch and First Union, now Wachovia, future bond underwriting business if they would invest in its controversial off-balance sheet partnerships. |  Read Andersen chief shifts blame in Enron debacle Joseph Berardino, Andersen's CEO, blamed the structure of the accounting industry for contributing to the collapse of Enron, saying audit rules barred accountants from warning about the energy giant's financial condition. |  Read Conflicting advice confused many employees Enron employees trying to protect their retirement accounts from being wiped out last year as the company's share price plunged were given conflicting advice about access to their 401(k) pension plans, a former Enron employee told a congressional hearing. |  Read Senate tries to overcome sceptics The first full Senate committee hearing into Enron opened on a rare note of humility that went to the heart of the widening web of Congressional inquiries into the company's collapse. |  Read Congressional hearings on Enron Numerous hearings are scheduled on Enron's collapse by different congressional committees. For hearing listings and the latest news click here |  Read Profiles of key people