July 31, 2002 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Adelphia:

Adelphia's Rigas: I'm Innocent, I Tell Ya
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Adelphia meets deadline for L.A. fee payment
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Jury Awards $5M for Credit Reporting Error
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WorldCom:

Laid-Off WorldCom Employees to Get First Installment of Severance Packages
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FCC May Not Stop WorldCom Move
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WorldCom Asks Court to Reject Cingular Wireless Bid
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Upstart telecom IDT goes after biggest deal -- WorldCom assets
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Bondholder Committees to Stay Intact
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WorldCom to Drop Cell Customers, Transfer Accounts to Other Companies
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BT keeps eye on WorldCom assets
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Charges Near over WorldCom Scandal
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AFL-CIO tackles WorldCom severance
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Telecoms:

Global Crossing ready for auction
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Senators Decry Telecom Executives
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Senators Criticize Excesses of Telecom Executives
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Telecom bust: How did it happen?
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Troubled telecoms promise no disruption in services
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Broadband Wireless gets prepack OK
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Little agreement on telecom fixes
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Tycoon cashed in on Qwest
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Icahn boosts offer for XO
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Suitor Said Ready to Rejoin Global Crossing Hunt
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Motient Fires 94 Employees to Cut Costs
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Telecommunications: Lament but Little Repair
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Mpower exits quickly
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GT Group Telecom - Extension to U.S. Court Protection
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Williams Communications Amends Bankruptcy Reorganization
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Network Access to keep key personnel with retention and severance plans
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IBM to acquire PwC Consulting
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Sunterra rises from Ch. 11
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Steel:

Deal near for Hazelwood's last LTV parcel
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Whose Steel?
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Bleak future for Napster
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Providian to cut 1,300 jobs as profits decline
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  Is New York the New Delaware? - Most of the recent, major bankruptcies have been filed in New York
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Renaissance Cruises:

Judge OK's Renaissance bankruptcy plan
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Three Credit Card Firms Hit Hard by Renaissance Cruises' Bankruptcy
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Enron:

Merrill defends Enron deals
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Merrill On Enron: Unknowingly, We Went Along
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Critics wonder: What about Enron? - Complex issues slow investigation
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Senators grumble about Merrill
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Merrill Banker Had Many Direct Ties to Enron
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Enron to put Quebec's Stadacona plants up for sale
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Former Enron CFO to sell palatial dream home
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Analyst Olson is the man Enron loved to hate
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Airlines:

Vanguard Air stalls out
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Feds Playing Hardball With Airline Loan Program
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Vanguard Airlines Files for Bankruptcy After U.S. Rejects Loan Guarantee
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Airline suspends flights, asks other carriers to aid travelers
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Vanguard Customers Look for Refunds
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Airline shuts shop -- fliers stranded / Vanguard ceases operations, plans bankruptcy, firings
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US Airways Agrees to $3.5 Million Loan for Midway Airlines
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1,000 former TWA pilots join Icahn lawsuit

Small carriers want concessions in UAL-USAir deal
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Advertising Rises in Pittsburgh with Bankruptcy of Prescription Discounter Phar-Mor
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Energy:

PG&E Has Basis for Rate Claim
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Outlook still dim at Dynegy

Mirant Says It Overstated as Much as $253 Million
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Corporate Reform:

Executives in top US collapses made $3.3bn
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NYSE seen sticking by initial governance proposals
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Executives' Hot Seats Get Hotter
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Lawmakers Say Bush May Roll Back Part of Reform Law
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US companies turn to 'the grey suits'
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Bush converts, signs corporate abuse law

AFL-CIO Seeks Corporate Reforms
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Economic Slump, Layoffs Fuel Bankruptcies in Memphis, Tenn.
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Jobs - 90 Jobs - Last Updated July 22, 2002
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Weird News
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Phoenix-like Bankruptcy Bill To Return In September
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Conti confirmed as U.S. judge - Pine bankruptcy lawyer expected to start hearing cases in a month
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Pinnacle reorg plan OK'd
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Amfac revival plan earns approval from U.S. court
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Budget:

Budget seeks $1.2B financing package
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Cendant looking to buy bankrupt Budget
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Industry Turmoil Sparks A New Car-Rental Game
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American Candy Company Has Retained Keen Realty In Chapter 11 Proceedings
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Asbestos:

W.R. Grace, Sealed Air Lose Ruling in Asbestos Case
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U.S. Senate panel plans hearing on asbestos issues
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Ex-Salomon tipster fined $9M
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Law Firms:

Firms' Dress Codes? Read the Fine Print
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British Firm Reneges on Partner Payments
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Ontario, Calif.-Based Physician Management Group Denies Impact of PhyCor Bankruptcy
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Indiana is tops in U.S. in personal bankruptcy
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House vote on tax havens could cost bankrupt Wisconsin company APW millions
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Aladdin Gaming Seeks Extension Of Ch 11 Plan Exclusivity
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Canada:

General may sue Indigo
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General's extension depends on Scotiabank
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Canmine to seek protection from creditors
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England:

Slip the debt trap
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Israel:

Lawyers angered by Bank Leumi's new commissions on debtor fees
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Japan:

Japanese leader survives first no-confidence vote
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Uruguay:

Uruguay takes action on bank withdrawals
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