2002 and Corporate Scandals

By Scott Horsley,

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.

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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