Peter Eavis has worked for TheStreet.com in New York since 1998, as a reporter and as a columnist. He has used his strong understanding of balance sheets to unearth accounting chicanery at several large public companies. Eavis was very early to spot big problems with Enron's books and he also uncovered accounting issues at Conseco, Qwest, Amazon.com and Fannie Mae. Eavis, a Briton, graduated from Leeds University in the UK in 1990 and he lives in New York City with his family. He was born 10/28/1966.