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July 14, 2000 Daily Bankruptcy News Brought to you by BKINFORMATION.COM - The Source for Business Bankruptcy Information on the Internet AND BKCLAIMS Marketplace - The Online Market For Bankruptcy Claims

Big Story: Sogo Sogo: Did American Investors Force Sogo Into Bankruptcy? Sogo: Japanese Take on the Sogo Bankruptcy Sogo: Was It the Boss's Fault? Sogo is Just the Start Bank of America Says Sogo's "Creative Destruction" Necessary Japan's Sogo struggles as govt rethinks bailouts US Fund Cerberus Considers Sogo Takeover Credit Risk Worries Hit Japan Following Sogo Bankruptcy Japan Bankruptcies Hit 15-Year High in First Half of 2000 Sogo: In the Midst of Government Bailout Discussions, Japanese Policy Head Advised Sogo to File Bankruptcy Without Consulting With Coalition Partners or Government Sogo: Asahi Bank may not recover 47.8 bln loans to Sogo New Japanese Bankruptcy Law Allows Faster Rehabilitation ___________	Judge ponders whether to pay trustee early for work in Bennett Funding bankruptcy Laidlaw Does Not Plan Greyhound Sale AgriBioTech Gets Court OK To Sell Assets J&L Structural Steel: Company Receives Approval of Interim Financing Lawyer Sanctioned for Calling Bankruptcy Trustee an "Idiot" Appeals and Get hits With Twice the Fine Ruminations About A Fraudulent Conveyance if RJ Reynolds is Forced Into Bankruptcy Bankrupt Telecom Company Tries Capital Hill After Adverse Court Ruling United Companies receives Approval of Disclosure Statement Safety-Kleen to Stay in Delaware	New Bankruptcy Opinions (4 new opinions today) Do E-Business Failures Mean More Business? Bankruptcy Lawyers Disagree FASTV.COM May File Bankruptcy Prepack: Prime Succession - Fifth Largest Provider of Funeral and Cemetery Products and Services Tri-Valley Growers: Closure Leaves Town in Doubt The Catalog Must Go On Titan Energy: Underdog Energy America Acquires Bankrupt Titan Energy's Customer Accounts Energy America Makes High Bid for Titan Accounts Eagle Geophysical Out of Bankruptcy Hawaii Bankruptcies Down Shaw Group Receives Court Approval for Acquisition of Stone & Webster Assets