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Enron generates anger London 10 May 2001 09:14 * An Enron executive was 
greeted with lots of scepticism and even some anger at the Steel Service 
Center Institute,s annual meeting in California this week. Enron Industrial 
Markets ceo Jeffrey McMahon included amongst his top ten reasons for Enron,s 
&market making8 foray into the steel business a perceived lack of 
dependability amongst US mills as well as their practice of treating 
customers (except automakers) as &annoyances8. An unidentified mill executive 
in the crowd rose during the Q&A session to pointedly challenge McMahon,s 
accusations. Another mill executive was overheard complaining that he felt as 
though he had just been held up as a &liar and a cheat8. Enron seems to 
relish its role as enemy of the steel status quo. The final slide of McMahon,
s presentation to the SSCI touted its recognition as the &pushiest8 company 
in the metals business last year * an award bestowed, somewhat 
tongue-in-cheek, last December by MB...