A shareholder revolt over the pay package of BP boss Lord Browne today threatened to overshadow his last annual meeting as chief executive of the oil giant.

Oil giant BP was today facing a shareholder revolt regarding the pay package of departing chief executive Lord Browne.

Nine investment banks financed lucrative schemes that helped Enron, the failed US energy giant, appear to be a profit powerhouse up to its collapse, said lawyers who plan to add the banks to a shareholder lawsuit today.

Bankrupt US energy giant, Enron, is investigating the reported destruction of documents that allegedly took place at its Houston headquarters after the federal government began investigating the company, a lawyer for the company said.