January 22, 2002 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Enron:

Group Asks for Official Committee of Former Enron Employees
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Enron Raised Funds In Private Offering
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Former Enron executive details mass shredding of documents
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Enron says notified employees to retain documents

Shredding 'continued' at Enron
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Did Vinson & Elkins Have An Enron Conflict of Interest?
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Three Ex-Enron Employees Say Documents Were Shredded After Start of Investigation
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Enron Defense Lawyers: A Who's Who
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Shredding at Enron, too?
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Enron Board Agreed to Fateful Moves, Inquiry Shows
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Houston Team Benched - New U.S. Attorney Withdraws His Office From Enron Investigation
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Legal powerhouse absent in Enron lawsuit minefield
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Enron litigants eye Andersen partners

Routine 401(k) decision became costly flashpoint
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Enron auditor says Andersen shares blame
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V&E's Role in Enron Debacle Probed
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Laid-off Enron workers hoping for help from funds
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Enron memo on document preservation

Enron Case Offers Harsh Lessons
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BG to bid again for Enron's stake
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Nebraska Considers Action to Retrieve Some Money Lost in Enron Debacle
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Senator plans bill requiring independence of auditors
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Former Treasury, Commerce Officials Comment on Government Role with Enron Case
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Enron Bankruptcy Moves From Protecting Assets to Selling Them
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Experts Say Memory of Enron Will Last but System Can Overcome Demise
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Revelations Make Enron Employees Turn Against Company's Chairman
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No one was watching Enron
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Congress Wants Testimony From Andersen Ex-Auditor Duncan
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Andersen executive says shredding note unprecedented
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Boxer wants to ban auditor-consultants - Andersen firm denies conflict despite dual roles for Enron
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Enron Spurs Debt Agencies to Consider Some Changes
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  Kmart:

Kmart on Verge of Bankruptcy
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Attention, Kmart Creditors
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Kmart filing possible today
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Kmart Supplier Cuts Off Shipments
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Kmart on the brink of filing for bankruptcy: Discount retailer struggles to raise Dollars 3bn
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Share Prices Plunge in Tokyo on Possible U.S. Kmart Failure
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Kmart Weighs Chapter 11 Filing
As Key Vendors Halt Shipments
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Martha Stewart Pact With Kmart May Survive Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy looks likely for Kmart
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Martha Stewart Crucial to a Kmart Turnaround
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Kmart Busted Its Budget, Still Failed to Win
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Attention, Kmart shoppers! Anybody?
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Unpaid Account Causes Grocery Supplier to Stop Shipments to Kmart
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Food Distributor, Garden Products Supplier Stop Shipments to Kmart
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Play By Play Toys Gets Court OK For Revised Retention Plan
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Sanchez acquires Equidity in bankruptcy sale
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Enron (continued from 2d column):

Venue Appeal Unlikely in Enron Bankruptcy
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Off Enron
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Wrapping Up Tough Questions With Foil
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Former Enron Workers Air Complaints on CNN
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For Chief, $200 Million Wasn't Quite Enough Cash
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Enron Case Raises the Bar in Texas
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Looking into who audits the auditors
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Enron phone calls hinted at trouble
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Lay sold off Enron stock to pay loans
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What If Enron Cases Reach Texas Supreme Court?
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The Race to Lead
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Enron's Debts Hit a Variety of Houston Businesses
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Bennett's Back
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Enron flouted capitalism's principles 

Fight Looms Over Changes to Pension Laws As Both Sides Begin Massive Lobbying Push
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Milwaukee Charitable Group Seeks Lead-Plaintiff Status in Enron Case
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Enron statement on discharging Arthur Andersen

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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Jobs
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Arizona Supreme Court orders trial on bank disclosure issue
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Texas Appears Vulnerable after Staving Off Downturn
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Court OKs Amendments To Casual Male Corp.'s DIP Agreement
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Telecoms:

Arthur Andersen's Work for Telecoms
Has Come Under Increasing Scrutiny
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Lason Pitches New Stock Issue for Reorganization
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Guilford Mills Receives Key Waiver from Lenders
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Gaylord Agrees to Revised Bid Terms
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MP3.com Sues Cooley Over Legal Advice
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GEO PETROLEUM - Granted Final Decree From U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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Andersen Audited Several South Florida Firms that Slipped into Bankruptcy
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Last vestiges of EqualFooting sold
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Montgomery Ward Creditors Seek $1B In Suit Against GE Cap
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High Point, N.C., Appliance Store Declares Bankruptcy
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Holt Grp Creditors File Objections To $15M DIP Loan Plan
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Benefits are at risk in bankruptcy filings
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Firms in Many Sectors Give Earnings
A Pro Forma Makeover, Survey Finds
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Former Furrs Supermarket Workers Protest Fees Awarded to Executives
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Daniel Egan named partner at Wilke Fleury Hoffelt Gould & Birney
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As MacLeod Struggles To Avoid Bankruptcy, Yell buys US directories
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Wisconsin Officials Hope to Give Students Financial Sense
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Warnaco gets bankruptcy court approval to sell unit
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Japan:

Jittery bondholders at Isuzu see trouble ahead
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Daiei crisis defused, but other economic threats remain
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Japan's Itariyard Files For Bankruptcy With Y5.8 Bln Debt
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Daiei's difficulties a lesson for all businesses
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Canada:

CICA Recognizes New Insolvency and Restructuring Professional Designation
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