Judge OKs $6.6 billion Enron settlement

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HOUSTON - A federal judge gave final approval Wednesday for three more banks to pay $6.6 billion to settle civil claims that they helped Enron Corp. manipulate earnings.

U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon approved the deals with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. Her ruling came as a jury in another courtroom continued to deliberate the fate of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling in a criminal fraud and conspiracy trial.