The government’s first witness Wednesday in the federal fraud trial of former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling said earnings were altered and meeting the expectations of Wall Street was of overriding importance at the energy giant.

Mark Koenig, 50, the former investor relations chief, testified that press releases about profits were doctored and that Enron founder and chairman Lay wanted to bar one suspicious analyst from meetings.

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