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2002 and Corporate Scandals

NPR | By Scott Horsley,

Robert Siegel

Published December 31, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The business scandals of 2002 didn't even stop for the holidays. Tyco International acknowledged yesterday it employed financial sleight-of-hand for years to boost earnings. The disclosure caps a year of investigations and indictments that staggered corporate America. NPR's Scott Horsley discusses the year's business news with Robert Siegel.

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Scott Horsley

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.

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Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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