January 8, 2002 Daily Bankruptcy News

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Enron: Full-Text Search Selected Enron Pleadings (Current Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in required) (DBN Subscription Required) Attorneys vie over Enron hearing site (DBN Subscription Required) Enron Mess Puts Accountant Under Fire (DBN Subscription Required) Enron Gets Bids for Stake in Trading Arm From Citigroup, UBS, BP; Morgan Pulls Out (WSJ: separate paid subscription required) Fight to move Enron hearing to Texas begins (DBN Subscription Required) Federal Judges' Financial Revelations Shows Enron Stock Ownership (DBN Subscription Required) Three Companies Reportedly Bid on Enron Trading Unit (DBN Subscription Required) UC files lawsuit against Enron (DBN Subscription Required) Judge To Decide On Enron Bankruptcy Venue This Week (WSJ: separate paid subscription required) Enron Wants Bankruptcy Case in NYC (DBN Subscription Required) Manila to start due diligence on Enron contracts (DBN Subscription Required) About Enron's fall - Congressional probes must focus on facts (DBN Subscription Required) Worthless or Just Worth Less? (DBN Subscription Required) Announcement of Winner of Enron Bid Expected Friday (DBN Subscription Required) ______________________ Lawyers Weekly USA's Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2001 (DBN Subscription Required) Predatory Lenders Can Leave You Without Your Money or Home (DBN Subscription Required) BofA, Leaving Subprime, Sets Couple of Records (DBN Subscription Required) Father, Son Shareholders Sell Stakes in Bankrupt Rent-Car Firms (DBN Subscription Required) Ruling may force Stockwalk bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Brown Raysman Adds Core Practice Groups of Baer Marks (DBN Subscription Required) Corinth, Texas-Based Utility, Lender Battle in Bankruptcy Court to Reach Deal (DBN Subscription Required) PG&E bankruptcy judge weighs chemical injury claims (DBN Subscription Required)	Bankruptcy Boom in a Falling Economy (DBN Subscription Required) States Look to Delinquent Taxpayers to Raise Money to Close Budget Deficits (DBN Subscription Required) U.S. corporate credit worth drop in 2001 steepest since 1991 (DBN Subscription Required) Bankrupt retail chain refuses to honor gift certificates (DBN Subscription Required) Narco seeks $20M DIP (DBN Subscription Required) Sulzer Medica U.S. Settlement Postponed By Two Months Kmart: Fitch cuts Kmart, says retailer is "weakened" (DBN Subscription Required) Bernstein sees Kmart restructuring (DBN Subscription Required) ____________________ Airlines: US Airways, America West shares drop after article (DBN Subscription Required) Three airlines report drop in December traffic over previous year (DBN Subscription Required) _____________________ DataVoN Overbid for PointOne Assets (DBN Subscription Required) Pioneer Companies Emerges from Chapter 11 Asbestos claims force RHI to seek protection for US arm (DBN Subscription Required) Bank of America lower after Prudential cuts to 'hold' from 'buy' (DBN Subscription Required) Signatures Network, Inc. Acquires Assets of Winterland Concessions Company In Bankruptcy Sale (DBN Subscription Required) Clear Logic files for Chapter 11 due to pending Altera litigation (DBN Subscription Required) Questionable Decisions Triggered Payless Cashways Slide (DBN Subscription Required) Signatures Network, Inc. Acquires Assets of Winterland Concessions Company (DBN Subscription Required) Xerox Accounting Questioned (DBN Subscription Required) Experts debate merits of IMF bankruptcy idea (DBN Subscription Required)	New Bankruptcy Opinions (No new opinions today) Bankruptcy Jobs (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory Westar Financial Sues Bank One (DBN Subscription Required) Bain Capital to buy USinternetworking (DBN Subscription Required) Digital Teleport Receives Approval on Interim Financing (DBN Subscription Required) Museum Company nears bankruptcy FTC expands privacy policy scrutiny coverage (DBN Subscription Required) Law Firm Restructuring: Huge Drop in NY M&A Work Last Year (DBN Subscription Required) ________________ Jacobsen Stores: With loans overdue, bankruptcy a possibility for Jacobson Stores (DBN Subscription Required) Michigan-Based Retailer Faces Cash Crunch, in Technical Default (DBN Subscription Required) ____________________ Rising Log of Filings Keeps Bankruptcy Lawyers Busy in Paducah, Ky. (DBN Subscription Required) The Death and Life of Buy.com Japan: In Kansai's Woes, a Warning of Pitfalls for Japan (DBN Subscription Required) ____________________ Korea: Daewoo Motor sales arm to cut staff by 12 pct in Feb (DBN Subscription Required) Daewoo: Debt problems exaggerated (DBN Subscription Required) __________________ Australia: Australia Sees Record Number of Bankruptcies in 2001 (DBN Subscription Required) ____________________ England: Insurers asked to pay Pounds 150m levy (DBN Subscription Required) _____________________