Mark quits Enron board

Rebecca Mark has resigned from the board of Enron Corporation, barely a year after taking up the post. She has also quit her role as chairman and chief executive of Azurix, the $1 billion global water company set up two years ago. Ms Mark, aged 46, had been with Enron since 1982 and was described as one of the highest-profile woman executives in America. Her resignation follows a steep fall in the stock price of Houston-based Azurix. From a launch value of around $19, the stock price currently stands at about $5. Enron, one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas and communications companies with global assets worth some $46 billion, established Azurix two years ago to exploit the wo