March 28, 2001  

Dotcoms:

W-2s swallowed by a dot-com black hole
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Homes.com still alive?
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Scholastic Courts, Dumps EToys
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Dot-Com Layoffs May Have Peaked
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Comparative Analysis of House and Senate Bankruptcy Bills (HR 333 and S420)
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Firms Renew Assault on Privacy Rules
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House, Senate to Pound Out Compromise Bankruptcy Legislation for Bush
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Bankruptcy boom may mask shake-out

Credit union rep McDonnell says consumer groups look like anti-consumer groups on bankruptcy legislation
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Some Bush Backers May Be Left Behind
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TWA:

American-TWA Deal Included In Senate Bid To Halt Mergers
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American Turns Down Pilots' Merger Demands
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Sumitomo Metal's Trico Unit Seeks Bankruptcy Court Protection
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Student Health Co. Abruptly Closes, Files Bankruptcy
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Lernout's Sale To Visteon Challenged In Court
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OMC engine biz sale complete
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Bankrupt Baseball Team:

Bankruptcy judge’s ruling to give league rights to the Black Diamonds
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Flaherty's bankrupt ball club strikes out swinging in court
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Portland, Ore.-Based firm Culls Digital Information for Legal Clients
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Bankruptcy Judge Urges Negotiation on Avalon Site
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Beet growers co-op to buy Michigan Sugar from Bankrupt Imperial
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Avteam files Chapter 11; gets interim funding
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Voyager Buys Bankrupt Tower Air New airline awaits approval for charter flights out of Kennedy Airport
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Restructuring . . .

Geac fails to find buyer, cuts jobs
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Disney to Eliminate 4,000 Jobs
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Viant prospects unclear amid layoffs
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marchFIRST may turf half its staff
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Ericsson unravels Juniper stake; axes 3,300
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HomeBase Plans to Scale Back Its Conversion
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Telecoms:

Cash-Strapped Atlanta-Based Long-Distance Company Considers Bankruptcy
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Creditors want bankruptcy court to close Vitts on April 9
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NorthPoint trying to raise cash to avoid service outage
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NorthPoint Communications Clarifies Results of Auction Process
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Iridium Relaunching Phone Service
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Iridium sharpens focus

Some Resellers of Northpoint's DSL Service Exiting the Business
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World Access Raises Possibility Of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
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NorthPoint needs cash to continue service
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World Access Engages UBS Warburg to Explore Restructuring Alternatives
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Financier moves closer to control of Regal by buying out bondholders
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Rockies' ex-owner faces bank ban
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Cogent or Crazy?
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Movie Theater Industry:

Anschutz adds to theater holdings
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Bankruptcy Judge Allows Loews to Close Avalon
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Hawaii: Bankruptcies jump to 17 a day
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Converse Closes Chuck Taylor Plant
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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House Moves Quietly on Tort Reform - Plan to push mass tort cases to federal court OK'd quickly
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Power Utilities:

Market smiles at utilities
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California's Davis is forced to see the light
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Energy Woes' 'Silver Lining'
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Calif Wind Generator To Seek Lien On SoCal Ed Assets Wednesday
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California power still not a bad deal

California Approves Electricity-Rate Increases for PG&E, Edison
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Farmers Seek Other Power Supplies
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Williams, NRG CEOs cheer California rate hike
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Businesses Seen Striving to Cut Power
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PG&E Issues Critical Statement Following CPUC Meeting
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A Political Power Play

Calif. utility stocks dip, but finding new life on Wall Street
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SoCal Edison to make some missed interest payments
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California Approves Huge Increases in Electricity Rates
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California Flips a Switch
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Consumers voice rage, resignation over Calif rate hike
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Property Owners Form Energy Consortium
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Dumping Debt Early - Young Adults Landing in More Debt
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Finalé for West Coast Entertainment
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Canada:

Fugitive financiers plead guilty to fraud; Crown seeking eight-year sentence
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Korea:

Hyundai Engineering's Debt-for-Equity Swap Could Top $1 Billion
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More Daewoo Motor Parts Suppliers Topple Into Bankruptcy
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Hyundai Engineering Says It May Sell Stake to Banks
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