April 3, 2002 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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A Business Workshop Stages Dramas
On Salvaging Investments Gone Sour
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New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Get Option of Filing Documents Online
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Enron:

Bonus issue may decide Enron fate
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The Heat Is On - Energy In-Housers Discuss Disclosure, Compliance and Trust in Post-Enron World
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Enron's outside counsel says not to blame for ruin
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NewPower's viability questioned in SEC filing
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Enron's ethics code reads like fiction
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State Street Bank Plans to Review Pension Management Deal With Enron
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Enron Workers Struggle to Rebuild after Firm's Collapse
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Enron Backer Got $2 Million in 2001
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Sempra unit makes third Enron asset buy
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Company backs out of deal on retirement plan
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Dirty business finds its way to center spread

HC to control Dabhol’s assets
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Lawsuit to Widen Enron Allegations
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Creditors threaten to seize Dabhol's assets
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U.S. OPIC Agency Seeks Help in Probing Enron
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Early in game, lawyers seek $18 million in Enron case

Pursuit of corporate crime can't end with Enron
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NTL:

NTL to pay $19m bond interest owed by subsidiary
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NTL default shows who runs refinance show
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PR exec found to have concealed assets - Blames lawyer for problem
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Telecoms:

Can Icahn convince bondholders of XO's value?
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Icahn Raises XO Bid, Offers $550 Million
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Global Crossing delays SEC filing, blames Andersen probe
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Hutchison says Global X'ing bid unaffected by delay
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WorldCom Plans to Cut Up to 10%
Of Staff Amid Telecom Meltdown
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S&P Cuts Williams Communications Group Rating
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Metromedia moves towards bankruptcy after interest default
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Hotels See Distress, Foreclosures Despite Signs of Travel Rebound
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Airlines:

2 charged with cheating AccessAir
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Bankrupt Freedom Forge considers sale of company
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Ripple Affects of Granite City Steel Bankruptcy Continue

Revere Woman Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud, Reports U.S. Attorney
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Sept. 11 and a Recession Add to NY Sublet Vacancies
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Trial against Former Officers of Bankrupt Eugene, Ore., RV Dealer Begins
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Owner of 2 Incinerators On Long Island Files for Chapter 11
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Fitch Monitoring Muni Solid Waste Debt in Connection with Covanta Chapter 11 Filing
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  Kmart:

Kmart challenges tax assessment for third straight year
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Kmart's Rescue Firm Jay Alix Gets Mixed Results
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Bankruptcy Reform:

IMF Crisis Plan Torpedoed
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IMF backs off state bankruptcy
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Bush Pushes Different IMF Proposal
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US call for limited reforms will deal blow to IMF plan
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Polymer, bondholder group talking again
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Dynegy addressed cash-flow fears with complex accounting tactics
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Accounting:

Andersen's Retired Partners Fear Benefits May Slip Away
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SEC Broadens Accounting-Practices Inquiry
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SEC Broadens Accounting Inquiries,
Opening a Record Number of Cases
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Baptist Foundation lawyers strive to save Andersen settlement
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Auditors Knew of Raptor Losses
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Andersen Facing Arizona Charges
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Gemstar Falls 37% on Accounting News
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Deferral Talk Reported in Andersen Case
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Andersen defections from KPMG plan increase
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Andersen, KPMG Drop Global Merger Talks
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Memos: Enron muffled auditor
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Andersen Singapore Plans to Merge
Its Operations With Ernst & Young
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Reform roadmap
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Enron split Andersen executives
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Dobbs's Defense of Andersen Causes Stir
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Defections at Andersen derail KPMG's takeover
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Document Retention Policies Help GCs Sleep at Night
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Auditors Still Perform Nonaudits
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Andersen partner raised Enron alarm in '99
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Spanish Companies May Not Clash With Auditors After Enron
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Ocean Journey:

A fine kettle of fish
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Bailout looks fishy to some
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Saving Ocean Journey an adventure

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Power Utilities:

Reeling stock prices could spell doom for Nevada Power's future, Bankruptcy speculation
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NYSE suspends trading in bankrupt Kaiser Aluminum
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Tax Cheats, Victims, Prosecutors To Tell Their Stories to Senators
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Jore's saga, future head to court

High-Cost Lenders Dominate in Black Areas, Study Finds
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Grand Eagle Bankruptcy Auction
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Jobs - Last Updated April 1, 2002
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

More hidden Adelphia debt alleged - Report: Company has $2.7 billion in off-balance-sheet loans
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Gray grabs 22 stations out of Chapter 11
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What's next after bankruptcy? - Credit history needs rebuilding
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Prime Realty:

Outlet-mall kingdom forced to sell pieces of its empire - Headed toward "an intimate and enduring relationship with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court?"
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Prime Group Realty Off 35% On Debt, Going Concern Issues
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Law Firm Restructuring:

Half of Kelley Drye's DC Litigation Dept. Leaves
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Cooley Godward: We Don't Want O'Melveny Merger
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ACT Manufacturing, Inc. Provides Update on Reorganization Proceedings
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CSFB cuts 300 banking jobs
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Tokheim Corporation and Its Lender Group Reach Accord
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Palm Springs, Calif., Hotel Falls into Bankruptcy
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Network Commerce in need of a lifeline, may face bankruptcy
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US Plastic's Auditor Doubts Co's Going Concern Ability
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ITS Completes Bankruptcy Sale of Aviation Non-Preboard Business
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Canada:

Skeena Cellulose inches closer to sale
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Germany:

Fairchild Dornier files for bankruptcy
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German-American Aircraft Maker Fairchild Dornier Files for Protection From Creditors
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KirchMedia faces imminent insolvency filing
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Brazil:

Brazil airlines Varig, Vasp deny bankruptcy report
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Japan:

Bankruptcies help Japan credit derivatives catch on
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Japanese graduates find contest for jobs getting tougher
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Argentina:

Argentina chokes on 'tough love'
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Jobless resort to roadkill in beef capital of the world
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England:

Two bids arrive for Railtrack assets
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League Gives ITV Ultimatum
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Hong Kong:

Defaults squeeze lenders
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Madagascar:

Madagascar's Economy Implodes
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