January 30, 2001 Daily Bankruptcy News

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Vlasic: Vlasic in a major pickle (DBN Subscription Required) Vlasic Foods Files Chapter 11 (DBN Subscription Required) _______________ The third wave: bracing for more bankruptcies (DBN Subscription Required) Business Bankruptcies on the Rise, According To National Association of Credit Management (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy business may `improve' - Three years of fewer filings likely to end (DBN Subscription Required) Investor group bails out Reliant (DBN Subscription Required) TWA: TWA asks court to OK nixing of Icahn ticket deal (DBN Subscription Required) Lingering question in TWA deal is fate of the overhaul base TWA Seeks To End Discount Ticket Pact With Icahn Co. (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Bankruptcy Reform: Senator Wellstone Introduces Bill To Make Ch. 12 Permanent (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Dotcoms: Toysmart.com list to be destroyed (DBN Subscription Required) Hothouse debts deal blow to 'Edison of the net' (DBN Subscription Required) Picking Clean The Digital Bones (DBN Subscription Required) SportsLine.com waits for no debtor (DBN Subscription Required) Dot-coms quit while still ahead (DBN Subscription Required) N.Y. public relations firms face tech fallout (DBN Subscription Required) Disney closes Go.com, cuts staff (DBN Subscription Required) Sports retailer MVP.com throws in towel, sells off domain name (DBN Subscription Required) Non-Net Firms Feeling Pain of Dot-Com Pinch (DBN Subscription Required) __________________ Telecoms: Vitts receives funding, avoids shutdown (DBN Subscription Required) Elcotel Gains Bankruptcy Court Approval to Use Cash Collateral for Ongoing Operations (DBN Subscription Required) AT&T Loses $1.7 Billion (DBN Subscription Required) DSL Rhymes With Hell (DBN Subscription Required) ___________	Power Utilities: Calif. exhausts emergency energy fund (DBN Subscription Required) Audit Reveals SoCal Ed Reaped Hefty Profits In Early Days of Deregulation (DBN Subscription Required) Cash-strapped PG&E warns its gas flow is dangerously low (DBN Subscription Required) Calif on power alert, pressure to end crisis (DBN Subscription Required) Bush names task force in Calif. power crisis (DBN Subscription Required) California-Utility Shares Rise on Hope for Accord (DBN Subscription Required) Who's California Dreamin' now? (DBN Subscription Required) California Crisis No Threat To Bond Insurers' Ratings (DBN Subscription Required) Vice president says U.S. won't extend sale order - says power crisis California problem Utilities' financial woes hurting elderly (DBN Subscription Required) El Paso Energy says owed $50 mln by Calif. utilities (DBN Subscription Required) The Power Game Is a Contest Involving Many Risks (DBN Subscription Required) Las Vegas: Utilities seek record increases (DBN Subscription Required) Aluminum price highest in weeks as plants close due to power crisis (DBN Subscription Required) Sierra Pacific files for emergency electric rate hike (DBN Subscription Required) ______________ W.R. Grace: W.R. Grace considering bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Analysts Not Surprised Grace Is Mulling Chapter 11 (DBN Subscription Required) ________________ Anna Nicole: Smith tells of rise from dancer to rich widow (DBN Subscription Required) 'It's Very Expensive to Be Me' - Ex-Playmate Smith (DBN Subscription Required) Smith testifies she reinvigorated Marshall (DBN Subscription Required) Former playmate testifies in oil tycoon's inheritance case (DBN Subscription Required) _____________	New Bankruptcy Opinions (No new opinions today) Tired Of Having To Type In Your Password Repeatedly? Global Health files for Chapter 11 (DBN Subscription Required) Firestone pressures plaintiffs - Bankruptcy hinted at to force victims to settle, they say (DBN Subscription Required) Court grants Lernout& Hauspie delay (DBN Subscription Required) Group Calls For Privacy Review Of Court Records Database (DBN Subscription Required) Restructuring . . . Can Chrysler Stand Another Crisis? (DBN Subscription Required) OfficeMax Closing 50 Stores (DBN Subscription Required) Xerox plans job cuts to help reduce losses (DBN Subscription Required) Xerox Loss Exceeds Expectations (DBN Subscription Required) CompuBank, seeking quicker profitability, lays off some workers (DBN Subscription Required) Ore. Truck Maker Freightliner Announces Layoffs (DBN Subscription Required) _______________ Movie Theater Industry: Imax 3-D: Debt, Decline, Doubt (DBN Subscription Required) Sale of St. Louis Family-Owned Cinema Chain May Hinge on Bankruptcy Court (DBN Subscription Required) ____________ Berkshire Hathaway Extends Tender Offer for Johns Manville (DBN Subscription Required) Economy: Recession fears may spur Fed to lower rates (DBN Subscription Required) Half-Point Rate Cut Would Mark Concern (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Orlando: Bankruptcy Judge Rules That City May Take Rachel's License (DBN Subscription Required Paducah officials' deal sours with bankruptcy Prime property sold with no lien is complete loss (DBN Subscription Required) Bankrupt Augusta, Ga., Businessman Auctions Land to Pay Creditors (DBN Subscription Required) Owners of bankrupt Maine company sentenced on bank fraud charge (DBN Subscription Required) Weather Forecast: Enter City, State, or Zipcode: