April 13, 2001 Daily Bankruptcy News

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Power Utilities: Lockyer Trolls for Snitches on Power Cos. (DBN Subscription Required) PG&E Creditors' Committee Is Appointed (DBN Subscription Required) Judge rebuffs generators' attempt to break PG&E contract (DBN Subscription Required) Calif. utility defies Dynegy demand to shut generators Utility shift of funds may be questioned (DBN Subscription Required) SoCal Edison off downgrade review - Moody's cautions bankruptcy risk still existso (DBN Subscription Required) County to Sue Edison Over $10-Million Nonpayment (DBN Subscription Required) Alternative Energy Providers Seek to Cut PG&E Ties (DBN Subscription Required) Feinstein Generates Support for Energy Bill (DBN Subscription Required) Failed mergers leave U.S. utility dealmakers laying low (DBN Subscription Required) Price Caps Excluded in FERC Plan (DBN Subscription Required) Factory Owners Urge Cap on Energy Prices (DBN Subscription Required) PG&E bankruptcy threatens Calif. power bond deal (DBN Subscription Required) LA County joins list of those suing SoCal Edison Cal State-Chico students may be affected by PG&E bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) PG&E shorts counties $4.2 million: Poorer local governments say it'll be tough to get by with half a tax ration (DBN Subscription Required) Expert energy panel: No easy answers Demand cuts, increased production key to easing (DBN Subscription Required) PG&E Bankruptcy Keeps Brockovich Plaintiffs in Limbo (DBN Subscription Required) California, not power producers, to blame for energy prices: experts (DBN Subscription Required) ___________ Telecoms: Viatel pushes closer to bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Viatel to miss payments, auditors question survival (DBN Subscription Required) Cisco, Lucent weighed down by loans? (DBN Subscription Required) Businesses Cut Off As Carriers Struggle (DBN Subscription Required) PSInet finds itself in fight of its life (DBN Subscription Required) ____________	Lernout & Hauspie: KPMG: Lernout & Hauspie execs lied (DBN Subscription Required) KPMG alleges L&H managers hid information (DBN Subscription Required) Microsoft broadens speech portfolio, still likes L&H (DBN Subscription Required) ____________ Dotcoms: marchFIRST declares bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Havas buys assets from bankrupt MarchFirst MarchFirst Files for Chapter 11 (DBN Subscription Required) Kozmo investors to be left out of liquidation proceeds (DBN Subscription Required) marchFIRST details status after filing for Chapter 11 (DBN Subscription Required) Take My Credenza--Please (DBN Subscription Required) CyberCash To Unload Assets for $20 Million Auction Tops Earlier Offer of $8 Million (DBN Subscription Required) Outpost.com mulls strategic options (DBN Subscription Required) Internet delivery returned to sender (DBN Subscription Required) Stock Option Holders Face High Taxes (DBN Subscription Required) ___________ Digital Information & Virtual Access, Inc. and Subsidiaries Seek Bankruptcy Court Protection (DBN Subscription Required) Buxbaum Group Part of Joint Venture Liquidating Inventory of 33 Play Co. Toy Stores (DBN Subscription Required) Shaman Granted Bankruptcy Court Approval to Assign Lease (DBN Subscription Required) Norfolk Radisson owners sued by bank (DBN Subscription Required) Stevens Financial Group: Awareness of risks fails to lessen anguish at loss (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy case poses threat to World Cup (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy Court Gives Avalon Landlord Time to Find Tenant (DBN Subscription Required) Economy: Downdrafts and Overdrafts (DBN Subscription Required) Unemployment Could Hit 5 Percent by Fall (DBN Subscription Required) Sluggish Retail Sales Signal Edginess of U.S. Consumer (DBN Subscription Required) _____________	New Bankruptcy Opinions (1 new opinion today) Bankruptcy Reform: Bankruptcy bills spark debt debate (DBN Subscription Required) ______________ Survivability of Krause's Questioned (DBN Subscription Required) Owens Corning Sales Take Loss (DBN Subscription Required) Powell Goldstein Names Bankruptcy Partner (DBN Subscription Required) Conversion Technologies International Announces Discontinuing Operations, Filing Bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Crisis seen for nursing homes (DBN Subscription Required) The Store of Knowledge to Liquidate Inventory in 70 Stores; Chain Continues to Reorganize under Bankruptcy Protection (DBN Subscription Required) Converse's Chap. 11 plan passes hurdle (DBN Subscription Required) An analysis of ECW's Bankruptcy Petition (DBN Subscription Required) Bridge: Reuters eyes up rival in bankruptcy bid (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Restructuring . . . Motorola Warns, May Sell Businesses (DBN Subscription Required) Motorola to divest non-core units (DBN Subscription Required) ______________ Hamtramck could face bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Yesse! Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) A bankruptcy bargain for Tenet (DBN Subscription Required) Pittsburgh: CCAC seeks to nullify bankrupt bookseller contracts Japan: Japan bankruptcy debt hits postwar record (DBN Subscription Required) Japan downbeat on economy, BOJ policy unchanged (DBN Subscription Required) _______________ England: Pubs call for help to stave off bankruptcies (DBN Subscription Required) _______________ Weather Forecast: Enter City, State, or Zipcode: