August 26, 2003 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Malden Mills:

Key Bank Denies Feuerstein's Full Request
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Malden Mills falls short of $35 mln commitment
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Ex-Im Bank Gives Initial OK To Malden Mills $20 Million Guaranty
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Ivan Lendl Tees Off to Protect Contract With Top-Flite Golf
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Airlines:

Midway unpaying bills
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Group warns against United gate plan
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UAL makes operating profit in July
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United Airlines Remains Unprofitable
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Airline's unions seek equity
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United Links Loss to Reorganization Costs
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Enron:

The Collapse of Enron: A Bibliography of Online Legal, Government and Legislative Resources
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State grand jury looking into CRRA's failed $220 million deal with Enron
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Steel:

Snow, Bush Economic Team Want to Cut Steel Tariffs
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USWA Mobilizing to Keep America's Steel Tariffs
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Layoffs loom at Slater steel
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Troy Mills extension is sought
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Atchison Casting Gets Second Interim OK Of DIP Loan
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FTI Consulting Announces Its Business Update Webcast
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Many losing homes
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Judge approves bankruptcy plan for Whitaker
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Peregrine:

Peregrine Names CEO
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San Diego Software Firm's Investors Reach Pact on Stock
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A paper trail winds up in liquidation
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Accounting:

The Big Four: Too Few to Fail?
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Forensic Accounting Business Grows As More Latin Amer Companies Eyed
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More Companies Exit Public Markets; New Accounting Rules Get The Blame
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Don't Like the Audit? Then Fire the Auditor
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Sleuths of the Accounting World
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Five years on from the hedge of disaster - have the factors that brought down LTCM really gone away?
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Dioceses threaten to bankrupt church by cutting off their tithes
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Corporate Reform:

US draws up corporate governance blueprint
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VisionLand Auditor: Virus caused errors
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Burlington's Chapter 11 Plan Gets OK
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Telecoms:

Trustee objects to Leap bankruptcy plan
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MCI Told to Strengthen Board, Limit Pay
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Global Crossing Class-Action Settlement Nearing -Report
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Bondholders May Get Control of Former Adelphia Internet Service
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MCI is on track to emerge from Chapter 11 this fall
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WorldCom to Put Curbs on CEO's Pay, Influence
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Pillowtex:

Pillowtex Seeks Money for Top Employees
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Pillowtex Files Healthcare Claims Petition and Key Employee Retention Plan With Bankruptcy Court
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Free trade's victims turning against Bush, GOP
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Pillowtex petitions court on health costs
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DVI

DVI files for bankruptcy protection
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Fitch Ratings Lowers DVI's Sr Unsecured Debt Rating to 'D'
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DVI, Inc. Files for Reorganization; Appoints Mark Toney of AlixPartners As CEO
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Law Firms:

Lawyer Sent Back to School as Sanction for Frivolous Lawsuit
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Knowledge is Power: KM Remains Vital to Firm Success
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Business As Usual Goes on Trial
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Controlling Discovery Costs
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Litigation Trends: What's on the Horizon?
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Sheppard Mullin Recognized as Having America's Leading Business Lawyers
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Top NY Firm Raids Boutique for Two Partners
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Neal, Gerber &Eisenberg Bankruptcy Group Expands
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Paying the fat cats - Why do troubled companies give CEOs big bucks, plenty of perks?
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Alleged fraud at Suprema outlined
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Royal Ahold Agrees to Sell Convenience Stores to The Pantry
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TelCove Files Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement with Bankruptcy Court
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No Longer Avoiding Bill Collectors
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NorthWestern survival could hinge on vote
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Walking Co. to close 29 of its 101 stores as expansion debt swells
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Tyco's Breen Struggles to Pare Debt, Win Shareholder Confidence
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Mid-State ends run as college after 136 years, plans bankruptcy
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Fulton Bellows wants contracts set aside
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Cut-throat international competition hurts U.S. textile producers
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Weird News
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Columbia Ventures' bid approved by judge
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Boeing to complete satellites owned by bankrupt ICO
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Tyson Suddenly Likes Queensberry Rules
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Bankruptcy Code doesn't apply to Independent Contractors
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Investor Group Seeks Receiver for Sylvania, Ohio-Based Continental Capital
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Only Venture Capitalists Profited from Bankrupt California Electronics Maker DDi
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Bankruptcy for Albicocco Unit
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Asbestos:

Armstrong requests bankruptcy extension
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W.R. Grace wins another extension
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Retailers Getting Out of Credit Card Business
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Kaiser wants to sell
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Amerco files new financials
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Rescuing Cardinal Bank Took Some Expert Help
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Maine Paper Firm Secures $2.5 Million Loan
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Zinc company Horsehead withdraws plan to sell its assets
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Fleming completes sale of wholesale business
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Loral:

Loral's Financial Results Show Steep Slide
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Loral Gets Interim Court OK Of Rules To Limit Trades
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EchoStar Adds Intrigue To Loral Auction
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England:

BHP denies jobs threat from Drax plans
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Plea to tackle rogue debt counsellors
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UPC cleared to emerge from creditor protection
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Canada:

Rockfest goes belly-up
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Australia:

Licence plan could help Pan workers
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KPMG can't catch up to Pan's Selim
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Germany:

Charges are filed for deal at MobilCom
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Thailand:

Thai Petrochemical Chief Calls for Planner's Resignation
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Korea:

Hanaro appeals for financial help to avoid defaults
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