January 21, 2002 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Enron:

Full-text search Enron pleadings

Focus of Enron auctions goes overseas
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Law Firms Grapple With Conflicts
Amid Enron's Filing for Bankruptcy
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Secret hires warned Enron
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A Beautiful Mess
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Enron: A tale of corporate meltdown
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Enron Case Raises the Bar in Texas
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The day of reckoning
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Financial Devastation Stuns Enron Employees
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Enron employees form coalition
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Slugfest Is Seen Among Creditors
Fighting for Slice of Enron Assets
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Second Andersen Executive Says Firm Sent Reminder About Document-Disposal Policy
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New SEC trading ruling may be insiders' defense
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A prophet of loss
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Enron finds itself in a Washington circus
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Greenspan's Advice To Ken Lay
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Murky Waters: A Primer On the Enron Partnerships
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JP Morgan bond spreads widen amid Enron concerns
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Man Who Doubted Enron Enjoys New Recognition
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Report links Enron directors to questionable key decisions
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Enron's Fall Threatens Houston
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Ex-Andersen employees doubt Duncan acted alone
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Congress Reviews an SEC Ruling
Granting Enron Units Exemption
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Taxpayers may have to pay millions for Enron foreign losses
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Houston stuck with Enron Field?
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Lay's Q&A with staff brushed aside rumors of looming scandals
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Watkins' inquiry led to biggest bankruptcy case - 'She wondered why somebody else didn't snap to it
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Former Enron workers air complaints on CNN
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Were Enron, Anderson Too Close
To Allow Auditor to Do Its Job?
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Former Enron Executive Quits
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Lieberman Feels the Sting of Criticism Over Enron
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Taxman set for Enron swoop
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Who's Accountable? -
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New US Judge In Enron Cases No Stranger To Controversy
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Enron Fired Workers for Complaining Online
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Shredded credibility
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Sen. Gramm And Wife Deregulated Enron, Benefited from Ties
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Enron Trying To Keep $7.92M In Funds From Some Creditors
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Enron's Ruin Drags Down Power Plant Contractor
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Enron: Who's To Blame? - By More Than 20 To 1, Americans Say Enron Execs Did Wrong - 44% Say Bush Administration Is Hiding Something
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Enron statement on discharging Arthur Andersen
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Enron's Lay used stock to repay personal loans
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Enron team tough to build - Potential conflict disqualifies many from investigation
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Arthur Andersen turns to Bryan Cave for help
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Investigators: 'Great leads' from Enron interviews
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Report on investigation conducted by law firm Vinson & Elkins
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Janus chalked up big losses in the Enron debacle. Could they have prevented it?
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Lay's next pitch ought to come from prison
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Fastow at center of Enron storm
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Taking the toll of Enron’s excess Energy firm’s hubris is a perfect symbol for the times
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Enron Is Proving Costly to Economy
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Andersen memo on discussions about Enron's accounting practices
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Broadband-unit hype didn't match reality
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Architects of Enron's rise bred its demise
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The Far Horizon: Enron'ed?
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Why Insiders Get Rich, and the Little Guy Loses
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Enron: It's the system that failed
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Andersen eyes new sell-off
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Inside Enron
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Multiple Safeguards Failed to Detect Problems at Enron
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In shredding case of Arthur Andersen vs. David Duncan, Congress wants answers
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Collapse of Enron Exposes 'Regulatory Black Hole'
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How Enron execs kept investors in dark
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'In fact and in appearance'
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Andersen memo on Sherron Watkin's concerns
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'Crimes were committed'
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At Andersen, 'Deep Pockets' Become Target
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The Best Little Card House in Texas
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Enron Workers in 401(k) Suit
Can Learn From Precedent
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Fear kept feds quiet on Enron
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Enron's death spiral mortifies Houston
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Execs Struggle With Enron Scandal
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As Ex-Regulator, Enron Director Should Have Seen Signals, Critics Say
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New tower a monument to Enron's avarice
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How the little guys got burned when Enron ran out of energy
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Enron's collapse leaves in its wake the sad and the greedy

The Enron Papers
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Bidding details for Enron's Indian power project
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Big Five quake as Andersen faces doomsday scenario
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Enron's Chief Sold Shares After Receiving Warning Letter
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Enron power plant in China likely to be sold
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Ex-Enron Workers Seek Severance Pay
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Enron Reports Weren't Reviewed Fully
By SEC for Many Years Before Collapse
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How Enron let down its employees
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Enron Workers Felt on Top of World Energy Giant's Abrupt Downfall Ruined Their High-powered, Perk-filled Careers
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Enron chairman selling 2 homes, lot in Colorado for $16.2 million
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Conn. probes Andersen, other states may follow
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  Comdisco Lenders Seek To Sell Claims Without Company Nod
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Citigroup Net Rises Despite Write-Offs
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Deborah Hunt Devan: An In Depth Conversation
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Europe's First Brothel for Women Goes Bust
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Jacobson's loss could be a plus
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Service Merchandise Close-Out Sales Approved
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Leading Textile Maker's Mounting Debt Exposes Some Seams in CEO's Leadership
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Mortgage-office franchisor Qpoint goes bust
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Prime Retail sells 70% of Hagerstown Center - 3rd deal with Estein raises cash to apply toward debt burden
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All Tied Up: Retirement-Plan Lockdowns At Lucent and Elsewhere Draw Questions
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Cheney's old firm on shaky ground
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Bankruptcy filings put pro stadium names in limbo
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Customers Near End of the Line In Bankruptcies
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Atlanta: 1-800-Database files for Chapter 7 protection
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Denver Civic Theatre faces closing of its doors
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Moody's May Change Credit Ratings Faster, More Often
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Two Applegate Companies Seek Bankruptcy Protection
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Around N.E., deficits leave states in cold
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Pittsburgh: Calif. company files bankruptcy, defaults on Port Authority contract

Enron (continued from 2d column):

The Enron Effect: As the accounting scandal spreads, regulators and politicians are pounding the table for reform. But will anything really change?
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Andersen Still No. 1 in Houston
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Politicos Scramble to Unload Enron, Andersen Contributions
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Bush Intervened in Enron-India Talks
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Enron Needed a Level Playing Field
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Two Enron subsidiaries may see electricity certification revoked
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Andersen chief executive insists bankrupt Enron's books 'were not cooked'
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Enron losers sue Andersen
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Andersen's own balance sheet faces peril
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Who will audit the auditor?
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Bad Timing and Greed Cited As $1.3B Is Erased Nationwide
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Enron proves the market punishes
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FASB Is Criticized for Inaction
On Off-Balance-Sheet Debt Issue
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Blockbuster Deal Shows Enron's Inclination To All-Show, Little-Substance Partnerships
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Andersen at the center of Enron scandal
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Enron's Web of Connections
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Enron Was Big Player in Texas
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Former Enron Employees Seek Voice In Bankruptcy Case
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Houston copes with crash of high-flying firm
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Lay leaves boards, collects on exit
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Andersen chief on hot seat
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Andersen Bulks Up Existing Lobbying Muscle And Focuses on Surviving Post-Enron Fallout
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'Short-Sellers' in Enron Finally Get Their Due
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Crony capitalism US style and the smoking gun
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Former Enron Employees Network Their Way to Jobs
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Accounting Magic
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Enron's Sins
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Powell Says Nothing Wrong With U.S. Lobbying India for Enron
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Auditors' reputation went through the shredder too
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The hits just keep on coming
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House Investigators Focus on Enron Auditors
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Enron Energy Services Still In The Game

Deals That Helped Doom Enron Began to Form in the Early 90's
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Tauzin Focusing His Energy on Enron
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In Search of Scandal
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The Great Giveback - Enron’s turned a capital pastime upside down: the Beltway’s racing to give away, not pocket, the giant’s cash
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Dynegy CEO Says Energy Trading Is Not Guilty of Causing Enron Debacle
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Enron fiasco warms Bush to regulation / Firm's lobbying to loosen rules could end in ironic result
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Scandal casts pall over accountant's image, workers

SEC's Pitt says US agency cannot police accountants
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Pattern of dealmaking began in '91 at Enron
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Financing concept stretched too far
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Too much, too fast corrupts a good idea
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Plan to revive Enron approved
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Some Accounting Methods Called into Question by Enron's Woes
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Enron Letter Writer Worked At Key Partnership Early On
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Former Texas GOP Chief Urges Giving Campaign Cash to Dismissed Enron Workers
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Enron Moves Ahead on Plans for Florida Power Plants
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Hedge Funds Sue Auditor and Underwriters Over Bond Losses
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White House Eschews Enron Strategy
As It Goes on Defensive About Contacts
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Cheney Spoke to Indian Officials on Enron Project
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NYC public pension funds lost over $100 million in Enron bankruptcy
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White House Acknowledges Cheney's Discussion of Enron Project in India
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A Couple's Complex Ties to Enron
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Enron at box office? Don't say no in Hollywood
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Enron failed on business merits, says Andersen
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Poor call on stocks traps Enron staff
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Andersen's Berardino Says Economics Downed Enron, Not Auditing
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Former Enron lobbyist becomes Republican chairman
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Texas State Board To Investigate Arthur Andersen
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Enron's tax records lead experts to call for change in laws
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Mixed Emotions On Enron
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New incubator to cater to ex-Enron employees
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Congressional hearing scheduled in Enron probe into document
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Jobs
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chiquita:

Chiquita bankruptcy plan gets initial approval
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Chiquita pre-package up for vote
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Defiant bankrupt lottery winner refuses to fork over cash
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Kmart:

Kmart Suppliers Limit Risk
In Case of Chapter 11 Filing
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If Kmart chooses Chapter 11, it could take time, expert says
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Kmart Woes Pose Problems
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The Blue Light of Happiness
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Banks Hear Kmart's Pleas
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New Kmart Chairman Is Turnaround Specialist
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Newsweek: Martha Stewart Says K-Mart's Price-Cutting Strategy A 'Mistake' Other Retailers Trying To Woo Stewart, Including Target and Wal-Mart
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Kmart's Blue Light dims as it loses pace with the times
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Kmart's Silence Worsened Its Woes
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Winston Tire Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Power Utilities:

California Regulators Asked to Give Details of Pg&E Plan
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S&P warns on changes to PG&E's reorganization plan
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FCC Chairman Says He Is Focused On NextWave Litigation
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Stop & Shop moves to buy Big V stores
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Direct Focus to buy StairMaster assets for $25 mln
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Assets of bankrupt companies are usually sold 'as is, where is'
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Bankruptcy Freezes Settlement of Claims in Puerto Rican Blast
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Economists worry debt may choke off economic growth
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Direct Focus lands StairMaster, its assets in bankruptcy auction
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Bondholders Say Brill Media Bankrupt, Missed $6.3M Payment
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Bankruptcy Judge OKs Co.'s Sales
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Bond-holds say Evansville media company is bankrupt
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A Proposed New Way to Police Accounting Still Relies on Accountants
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ART to be reborn, renamed, transplanted to Virginia
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Airlines:

Board Cites United Troubles, Possible Bankruptcy, in Pay Dispute
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America West Airlines Closes on Loan
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US Airways CEO: No bankruptcy
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Dotcoms:

Austin: YClip seeks Chapter 11
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Dot-com failures enriched our lives
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Tampa, Fla., Company Joins List of Dot-Com Casualties
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Surviving startups pinching pennies
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Life for a Troy dot-com has been anything but entertaining
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Polaroid:

Polaroid retiree group recognized
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Polaroid workers dealt new setbacks on stocks
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Polaroid execs get incentives as workers lose theirs
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Steel:

Geneva Steel ready to access government loan
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Geneva Steel LLC Obtains Consent to the Release of Cash Collateral Agreement From Term Loan Lenders
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BofA, other banks tightening textile credit
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Wachovia to shutter 200 branches
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Millennium Seacarriers Ratings Lowered to 'D' After Bankruptcy Filing
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Bond Rater Turns Its Attention
To Off-Balance-Sheet Activities
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Baltimore: Year of struggles looms
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Seattle-Area Economy Continues to Struggle with Recession
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Tax Collector Bankruptcy Policies
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PSINet name is history
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Laser surgery refocuses after several black eyes
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Austin: Eatery clearing its debt
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Financial literacy funding included in education bill
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Charlotte: Simonini files bankruptcy
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Hawaii: Aquasearch seeks $195,000 repayment from ex-exec
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Retail:

Upscale retail hits downside of tightening economy
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Discount stores: Retail's future?
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Survival of the fittest retail model
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Money funds drop default insurance
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Maryland: Core of state's economy faces greatest risk
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Camera maker Pentax lays off workers
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Guilford Mills gets another delay on debt payment
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Quality Stores gift certificates are again worth something - Judge reverses ruling that made $800,000 in certificates worthless
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Japan:

Daiei, banks agree on bailout
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Daiei must make the most of this restructuring effort
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Japan's Prime Minister Defends Bailout Plan for Retailer
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Japan's corporate failures hit 2nd post-war record
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Corporate bankruptcies slip in December but debts ballooned
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Canada:

Could Enron happen here? Under current financial report rules, you bet
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Paycheque advance will cost you plenty
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Scotland:

Courtroom clash between diligence and human rights
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