November 20, 2002 

Encompass succumbs to bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Encompass files for bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Encompass files to enter bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

__________________

Energy:

PG&E Bankruptcy Case Opens With Testy Testimony
(DBN Subscription Required)

Energy trading rules created
(DBN Subscription Required)

CEO says Dynegy not in `bankruptcy mode'
(DBN Subscription Required)

For a Day, Dynegy Gets Royal Treatment
(DBN Subscription Required)

Former Dynegy leader may re-enter energy industry
(DBN Subscription Required)

TXU Europe seeks protection
(DBN Subscription Required)

Reliant warns of bankruptcy risk
(DBN Subscription Required)

Xcel warns of NRG bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Kmart:

Kmart CEO Promises Bankruptcy Exit Even If Holiday Sales Slump
(DBN Subscription Required)

Kmart Receives $75 Billion in Claims
(DBN Subscription Required)

Kmart chief says company may exit bankruptcy protection soon than expected
(DBN Subscription Required)

___________________

Durango-Ga. fights for life
(DBN Subscription Required)

Asbestos Fraud
(DBN Subscription Required)

Conseco:

Conseco admits it's headed for bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Conseco Facing Ch. 11, Posts $1.8b Loss
(DBN Subscription Required)

Conseco Lists Loss; Chapter 11 Possible
(DBN Subscription Required)

____________________

Economy:

Greenspan on what happens to US Fed if rates dip to zero
(DBN Subscription Required)

____________________

Lincoln Hospital seeks DIP OK
(DBN Subscription Required)

Thermadyne Will Be Taken Over by Banks
(DBN Subscription Required)

Carbite Golf files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
(DBN Subscription Required)

Moody's may cut Oakwood Homes asset-backed bonds
(DBN Subscription Required)

First Alliance to Issue Refunds to Borrowers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Farmland granted more time to file reorganization plan
(DBN Subscription Required)

Credit-Scoring Firms Push Sale of Data to Consumers
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Pittston Announces Definitive Agreement With Bankrupt Horizon for West Virginia Coal Assets
(DBN Subscription Required)

Telecoms:

Rudy Cleans Up
(DBN Subscription Required)

New CEO sets out to restore trust in WorldCom
(DBN Subscription Required)

Few Insiders Likely on WorldCom Board
(DBN Subscription Required)

WorldCom's future in Clinton uncertain
(DBN Subscription Required)

Giuliani unlikely for WorldCom post
(DBN Subscription Required)

Qwest reportedly plans exchange offer for some of its bonds
(DBN Subscription Required)

Touch America talks of possible bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

WorldCom OK to Drop 30 Unused Links
(DBN Subscription Required)

Supra, Sprint agree on billing settlement
(DBN Subscription Required)

360 back in buying mode
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Accounting:

Accountants figure law to benefit them
(DBN Subscription Required)

___________________

Mortgage fraud grows as new national trend
(DBN Subscription Required)

Law Firms:

Banking on lawyers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Cravaths slashes benchmark 2002 bonus
(DBN Subscription Required)

Milberg Weiss Tries to Nail Class Action Imitators - Duane Morris tries to protect client's copyrighted pleadings
(DBN Subscription Required)

No-Show New York Lawyer Faces 11th Circuit's Ire
(DBN Subscription Required)

Paper Tigers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Mayer Brown hires California legislator
(DBN Subscription Required)

Hammonds sends scouts to seek out US merger partner
(DBN Subscription Required)

_________________

Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankruptcy Bill Put Off, Again
(DBN Subscription Required)

____________________

Bankruptcy court an attractive exit for troubled companies
(DBN Subscription Required)

Enron:

Survey says ex-Enron workers finding jobs
(DBN Subscription Required)

___________________

Pierre bondholders make demands
(DBN Subscription Required)

Shutdown, Bankruptcy Looms for Biotechnology Firm in Carlsbad, Calif.
(DBN Subscription Required)

Sleepmaster:

Sleepmaster withdraws its own sale plan
(DBN Subscription Required)

Sleepmaster pulls Ch. 11 plan as exit lender scraps deal
(DBN Subscription Required)

___________________

Orius Wins Interim Crt OK For Debtor-In-Possession Loan
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

USGA completes purchase of bankrupt Russia Tea Room for new museum
(DBN Subscription Required)

New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today)

Bankruptcy Jobs - 253 Jobs - Last Updated November 19, 2002
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Weird News
(DBN Subscription Required)

National Century:

NCFE case grows thornier
(DBN Subscription Required)

Hospital Lender Said to Order Fund Shift
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bank One exec questions practices at National Century
(DBN Subscription Required)

__________________

Accounting:

SEC seeks comment on audit rules
(DBN Subscription Required)

SEC offers auditor-independence rules
(DBN Subscription Required)

Democrats Are Also Asked Of Interest in Heading SEC
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Europe Declaring War on FASB?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Car Leasing Becomes Even More Attractive
(DBN Subscription Required)

Vivendi Universal Says SEC Now In Formal Investigation of Company
(DBN Subscription Required)

Move to Principle Based Standards Easier Said Than Done?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Global Accounting Rules Will Cut Two Ways
(DBN Subscription Required)

__________________

Airlines:

Airlines head for bigger losses
(DBN Subscription Required)

European carriers outshine US counterparts in crisis
(DBN Subscription Required)

An Industry Veteran Gives His Take on Airlines' Woes
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

_________________

Canada:

Childrenswear Files Notice of Bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Stewart gets 40 years - to pay
(DBN Subscription Required)

Quarterstone goes under, bankruptcies on the rise
(DBN Subscription Required)

__________________

Japan:

Threat to trading houses' credit quality
(DBN Subscription Required)

Japan's zombie economy - not buying but browsing
(DBN Subscription Required)

Japan at risk of reverting to bad old spending ways
(DBN Subscription Required)

BOJ Lowers Economic Assessment; Exports to Slow
(DBN Subscription Required)

________________

Australia:

New Insolvencies
(DBN Subscription Required)

___________________

Korea:

S. Korea's Credit-Card Spending Binge Swells Defaults
(DBN Subscription Required)

Corporate bankruptcy surges in October
(DBN Subscription Required)

__________________

China:

China mulls new transfer of banks' bad loans
(DBN Subscription Required)

_________________

Please note that the Daily Bankruptcy News is primarily a news link gathering service.   This means that most of the headlines contained in the publication are a collection of links to stories posted on the Internet by various third party publications.  Such content is owned by third party sources, not the Daily Bankruptcy News, and in some cases, these links change or expire, which means you may not be able to view some news stories in prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News. 

The DBN subscription fee for access to certain links is not a fee for access to the content of the links, but is a charge for the considerable work involved in gathering, organizing and presenting the links. Use of this site and The Daily Bankruptcy News is subject to our Terms of Use.

If you received the Daily Bankruptcy News via email, to view a news story, click on the headline, and the story should open in your web browser. To view additional stories, click back to the email and click on additional headlines, which will cause new stories to open in your web browser.  You can view the Daily Bankruptcy News on the web by clicking here, or by going to BKINFORMATION.COM and clicking on the Bankruptcy News button.  Note that the Daily Bankruptcy News is distributed via "HTML email" in which the links to the news stories are embedded in the headlines.  The email you receive should look like a 3-column newspaper, with headlines for each story. If you receive the Daily Bankruptcy News by email and the copy you receive is not formatted like a 3-column newspaper, or does not seem to contain links to the news stories, you may have an email client that is not capable of receiving HTML email, or is not configured to display such email.  You can however, receive a daily email notifying you when the Daily Bankruptcy News is updated on the web site. If you would like to receive such an email, please let us know at admin@bkinformation.com.

Advertising
Advertising is available in the Daily Bankruptcy News in a variety of places, formats and prices. Go to http://bkinformation.com/DBN_ADs.htm  for a list of choices.  Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Passwords
Access to certain links in the Daily Bankruptcy News is available only to readers holding a paid subscription.  These links are currently marked with a "DBN Subscription Required" notation. The cost of a subscription is $39/year, payable annually.  Volume discounts are available for sites with multiple users.  Complimentary subscriptions are available for full-time  educational and governmental employees. For information about discounts or educational/governmental subscriptions, contact us at admin@bkinformation.com. A separate password is required for each member of a firm wishing access to restricted links. New readers can receive a free password good for 30 days by going to http://bkinformation.com/RegistrationForm.cfm. Readers who wish to change their passwords should go to http://bkinformation.com/ChangePasswordForm.cfm. Readers who have forgotten their password should go to http://bkinformation.com/GetPassword.cfm. 

Adding Your Email Address To The Distribution List
If you would like to start receiving the Daily Bankruptcy News by email each day, go to http://bkinformation.com/SubscribeDBNForm.cfm  and fill in the information requested.  There is no charge to be placed on the distribution list to receive the headlines, although access to many of the links behind the headlines requires a paid subscription (see above, under Passwords). If, after adding your email address to the distribution list, you do not receive an email confirming the addition, please contact us at admin@bkinformation.com for help.  

Daily Bankruptcy News is published each business day by BKINFORMATION.COM, L.L.C.  You can reach us at 281-242-6208 or at admin@bkinformation.com