July 19, 2001 Daily Bankruptcy News

July 19, 2001 Daily Bankruptcy News Brought to you by BKINFORMATION.COM - The Source for Business Bankruptcy Information on the Internet Also available on the Web (with links to the news stories) at: http://bkinformation.com/News/DailyNews.htm Prior editions available at http://bkinformation.com/bankruptcy_news.htm

Power Utilities: Poll: Public blames lawmakers more than suppliers for power woes (DBN Subscription Required) California's New Problem: Sudden Surplus of Energy (NYT: separate free registration required) Lawmakers debate efforts to save Edison: Competing bills range from a straight bailout to purchase of transmission lines (DBN Subscription Required) Calif. proposes rate plan for $13.4 bln power bond (DBN Subscription Required) Six Months Later, Edison's Utility May Still End Up Bankrupt (DBN Subscription Required) Calif. lawmakers step up SCE rescue debate (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Easyriders runs out of gas (DBN Subscription Required) Objections are raised to Payless Cashways financing proposal (DBN Subscription Required) Quantum Southwest Medical Management Inc. and Quantum Southwest Medical Associates File Voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petitions (DBN Subscription Required) Firm Anxiety: Greenberg Traurig (DBN Subscription Required) A business parable - Lessons in Survival (DBN Subscription Required) Mounting credit-card debt dogs collegians (DBN Subscription Required) Convenience store clerk, 35, admits $200,000 bankruptcy fraud (DBN Subscription Required) Hawaii: Lindsey asks judge to move bankruptcy fraud trial (DBN Subscription Required) Foster & Gallagher closes its doors (DBN Subscription Required) Washington Group: Raytheon posts 2nd-quarter net loss (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy filings in Maine leap 16 percent (DBN Subscription Required)	Telecoms: Accel, KKR form distressed telecom venture (DBN Subscription Required) Biding Time (DBN Subscription Required) 3G bankruptcy fears are 'ludicrous' (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Dotcoms: Webvan's demise leaves food banks with less (DBN Subscription Required) Phase2Media Files Bankruptcy (NYT: separate free registration required) Comdex or Comdead? (DBN Subscription Required) What killed Webvan was bricks, not clicks _____________ Venture capital business bites banks in the back (DBN Subscription Required) Sunbeam: Chainsaw Al finds himself cut down to size (DBN Subscription Required) ______________ Sears Loses $197 Million, HomeLife Bankruptcy Results in Charge (DBN Subscription Required) Stock slump knocks profits at JP Morgan, Fleet (DBN Subscription Required) 9 Furrs Corporate Staffers Fired; 11 Transferred Texas Equipment Corp. Files Ch. 11 (DBN Subscription Required) New Orleans: Bakery closes again, leaving 250 jobless - Overburdened by debt, owners say this is the end (DBN Subscription Required) Hollywood Stars Try To Save Former Carmike Cinema (DBN Subscription Required) Brennan's high-rent golf club for sale (DBN Subscription Required)	New Bankruptcy Opinions (1 new opinion today) Bankruptcy Reform: Bankruptcy legislation going before House (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy reform could finish firms (DBN Subscription Required) Don't file for bankruptcy in haste (DBN Subscription Required) _____________ Surgeons back Dow Corning plan (DBN Subscription Required) Polaroid aims to woo bondholders, bankruptcy still possible (DBN Subscription Required) Greenwich Capital hires distressed debt professional (DBN Subscription Required) Office vacancies rose sharply in 2nd quarter (DBN Subscription Required) Riverside, Calif., Mall Officials To Seek Control of Malodorous Eatery Space Controlled By Bankruptcy Trustee (DBN Subscription Required) Canada: Canadian energy mogul submits ski resort rescue plan (DBN Subscription Required) Itemus Inc. Says Financing Efforts Not Successful, Bankruptcy of US Sub (DBN Subscription Required) Itemus unit likely to file for protection (DBN Subscription Required) Rebel.com's Mac Brown may lose his $2M mansion to the banks: Doesn't blame them (DBN Subscription Required) ______________ Venezuela: Avensa May Face Bankruptcy If It Can't Resolve Debt Problems (DBN Subscription Required) ________________ Weather Forecast: Enter City, State, or Zipcode: