December 18, 2001  

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Enron:

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Enron Eager for Assets to Hit Auction Block
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Enron traders glimpse light at end of the tunnel
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Lay tells panel busy schedule kept him away
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Enron Enriched Wall Street Firms, Analysts Ignored Warnings
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Dynegy, Enron push for home court in pipeline fight
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Texas Laws Treat Enron's Lawyers More Gently Than Its Accountants
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Accounting Firm Andersen Faces Enron, Sunbeam Woes
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Unresolved issues surrounding Enron case await legal decisions
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Just Trust Us? No Thanks
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Heavy Trading of Enron Shares
Boosts Online-Trading Firms
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Accounting, Legal Expert Shines Light on Murky Areas of Accounting
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Enron Bankruptcy Seen Spurring India Power Plant Sale
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Hotels, casinos reviewing Enron contracts
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Petro-Canada terminates Enron contracts
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Up to 750 Enron Retirees and Spouses in Omaha, Neb., Face Hardship
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Enron opens WorkSource to former contract workers
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Enron Australia To Close Out Trading Book, Rejects Bids
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Those hit by collapse of Enron will testify
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How "institutional innovation" in finance markets can change the rules of the game
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Enron woes affect firm with plans in Colorado
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Guilt By Association With Enron
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Energy Firms' Credit Ratings Run Out of Gas on Enron Woes
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EOTT's Big Exposure To Enron
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Dynegy Tries to Distance Itself from Collapse of Enron
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Securities Firm Will Pay Record $606 Million in Restitution
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Dynegy:

Dynegy in $1.25 billion restructuring
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Dynegy Hatches Restructuring Plan
As Credit Problems Chill Investment
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  Bankrupt Chicago-Area Leaser of High-Tech Equipment May Reject Highest Offers
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Telecoms:

Excite@Home's broadband ordeal
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Who's to blame for the mysterious and rapid death of ExciteAtHome?: Tracking the killer
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Winstar to Ask Judge To Approve Liquidation
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Covad trading gives off fishy odor
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Steel:

Steelworkers Announce Tentative Labor Agreement With RTI
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Foreign Steelmakers Feel Pressure
From U.S. to Reduce Production
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Union holds key to Algoma's future as creditors OK plan: Restructuring proposal
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Malden Mills:

With a little help from his friends
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Employees back Malden Mills in tough times after being kept on payroll in wake of fire
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Dotcoms:

Excite UK portal folds after failing to find strategic partner
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More Bankruptcies Mean More Business for Attorneys in Appleton, Wis., Area
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Air Transport:

Airline woes predicted to spread into 2002
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International Total Services Could Be Leaving Airport Screening Business
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AMR, LUV, CAL Shy Away From Loan Guarantees
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Ansett Australia Receives Backing From U.S. Firms
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Lawyer Brings Unique Background to Hunton & Williams' Bankruptcy Practice
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Slatkin Labeled a 'Monster' by His Creditors
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Hotel Situation in Richmond, Va., Now a Matter for Bankruptcy Court
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Polaroid: Battle won; war lost
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Kellstrom may file for bankruptcy protection
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The recession barely touches the deserving
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NationsRent lists assets/debts in bankruptcy
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Philadelphia: Despite recession, city holds onto jobs, city official called it "remarkable."
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Jobs
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Bankruptcy Reform:

IMF sovereign bankruptcy plan comes too late for Argentina
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DeLay in Late Push on Netting Of Derivatives
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An economic crisis is no time for reforms
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Judge to set King Mill hearing

AVSC to Eliminate $288 Million in Debt Through Pre-Negotiated Plan of Reorganization
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Hotels Fail to Win Direct U.S. Aid - Congress, White House View Other Industries as Being More Needy
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Credit industry is often slow to fix its errors
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Asbestos:

Market Grows Nervous As Asbestos Judgments Against Halliburton Pile Up
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Big increase in claims imperils asbestos fund
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Australia:

S&P Revises Down Outlook For Australia's Two Largest Banks
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Scotland:

Bankrupt developers sue bank
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Germany:

Lobster Network Storage Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Thailand:

Foreign creditors upset with treatment 

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England:

Railtrack posts £292m profits
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Railtrack profits belie bankruptcy claim
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Unsaleable Dome is rented out
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Poland:

Polish telco defaults on loans
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Argentina:

General strike paralyzes Argentina as bankruptcy threatens economy
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Argentina Debt Grows Out of Control
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