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Merrill Analyst Was Forced Out For Being An Enron Skeptic

The Wall Street Journal

December 20, 2025

Merrill Lynch researcher lost his job after refusing to promote the doomed firm's stock.

- JAMES R. HAGERTY

Olson testifying about Enron before Congress in 2002.

HE JUST DIDN'T GET IT. That was the verdict of senior Enron executives on John E. Olson, a securities analyst at Merrill Lynch.

This story is from the December 20, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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