May 13, 2003  Daily Bankruptcy News Brought to you by BKINFORMATION.COM - The Source for Business Bankruptcy Information on the Internet  Also available on the Web (with links to the news stories)  at: http://bkinformation.com/News/DailyNews.htm Prior editions available at http://bkinformation.com/bankruptcy_news.htm Search prior headlines at http://bkinformation.com/PriorEditionsSearch.html
Airlines: Hawaiian Air case facing turbulence (DBN Subscription Required) Hawaiian Airlines and Boeing Capital could settle (DBN Subscription Required) US Airways orders fleet of smaller jets (DBN Subscription Required) Aeroplan attracts 5 suitors (DBN Subscription Required) Amex join Aeroplan bidding (DBN Subscription Required) United gets more time for maintenance (DBN Subscription Required) Loss of AirTran, Frontier could ground airport's recovery (DBN Subscription Required) United Official To Look Out For Customers (DBN Subscription Required) _________________ Law Firms: Former bankruptcy head finds new post (DBN Subscription Required) Security Banquet - Firms ravenous for a bite of national security apple (DBN Subscription Required) Former NY Name Partner Settles Insider-Trading Charge, Pays Over $850,000 (DBN Subscription Required) Philly lawfirm expands New York office (DBN Subscription Required) As VLG Struggles With Tech Slide, Firm Talks to Orrick (DBN Subscription Required) The Benefits of Specialty Bar Associations (DBN Subscription Required) Los Angeles Firm Seeks NY Merger (DBN Subscription Required) NY Lawyer's Dual Role as Counsel and Board Member Limits Access to Documents (DBN Subscription Required) Some Bar Scores Are Wrong (DBN Subscription Required) Paul Hastings targets Linklaters for first magic circle hire (DBN Subscription Required) ___________________ Universal Music suit says Bertelsmann aided Napster piracy (DBN Subscription Required) North American Archery is sold (DBN Subscription Required) HomeGold: HomeGold ex-chairman says he was misled before agreeing to a merger in 2000 (DBN Subscription Required) Former CEO of HomeGold sues accounting company (DBN Subscription Required) ______________________ Ex-Just for Feet Exec Pleads Guilty (DBN Subscription Required) Bankrupt Kleinert's to sell Buster Brown (DBN Subscription Required) Tower Records, Struggling to Avoid Bankruptcy, Looks For Buyers (DBN Subscription Required) Enron: Dabhol doesn't make it to Enron’s latest recast plans (DBN Subscription Required) Enron abandons sale of LatAm assets (DBN Subscription Required) ________________________ Credit Industry, Consumer Advocates Gear for Battle over Credit Reporting Laws (DBN Subscription Required) Encompass Enters Into Asset Purchase Agreement (DBN Subscription Required) How do you know it's time to declare bankruptcy? (DBN Subscription Required) Vegas timeshare developer could face bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Pa. Regulators, Reliance Group Creditors Make Deal (DBN Subscription Required) Daisytek U.S. Units Get Court OK to Use Cash Collateral (DBN Subscription Required) Special Metals Files Reorganization Plan with U.S. Bankruptcy Court (DBN Subscription Required) Bankruptcy judge OKs DNA Sciences acquisition (DBN Subscription Required)		Asbestos: U.S. insurer lifts reserves for asbestos (DBN Subscription Required) Hartford takes loss, cuts jobs as it braces for asbestos claims (DBN Subscription Required) Hartford Financial Takes Radical Asbestos Steps (DBN Subscription Required) Author Puts Human Face on Deadly Effects of Asbestos (DBN Subscription Required) _________________ Bankruptcy Reform: Both sides? No (DBN Subscription Required) Untangling the proposed bankruptcy reforms (DBN Subscription Required) ______________ Ruling for Austin startup spurs rival's bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Telecoms: BellSouth bids for WorldCom unit (DBN Subscription Required) Qwest founder may face $4m fine (DBN Subscription Required) Spectrasite to Sell Bonds (DBN Subscription Required) Metromedia Fiber Network Files Disclosure Statement with the United States Bankruptcy Court (DBN Subscription Required) Firms, investors snag telecom assets for cheap (DBN Subscription Required) __________________ Energy: Involuntary bankruptcy filing against NRG Energy is dismissed (DBN Subscription Required) __________________ Nation's Banks, Thrifts Show Record Profits, Despite Record Loan Defaults (DBN Subscription Required) Toledo, Ohio, Leather Retailer Leatherland Awaits Hearing on Bankruptcy Arrangement (DBN Subscription Required) Steel: Onex steel unit files Ch. 11 (DBN Subscription Required) Magnatrax files for Chapter 11 protection (DBN Subscription Required) Bethlehem Steel to file plan of liquidation (DBN Subscription Required) ________________ Amerco: Amerco Says Restatement Possible Once Re-Audit Is Done (DBN Subscription Required) Amerco faces inquiry by SEC (DBN Subscription Required) _______________________ Conseco Gets More Time on Voting Deadline (DBN Subscription Required) Wall Street: CEO says Merrill accepts scolding (DBN Subscription Required) Superstar during dot-com era is indicted (DBN Subscription Required) ___________________________ Tobacco: Philip Morris Asks Court for Bond Limits (DBN Subscription Required) The Perils Of Litigation; If A Stock You Own Is On The Docket Of A Certain Plaintiff-Friendly County; Watch Out (WSJ: separate paid subscription required) _______________________ Creditors File Suit against Struggling South Bend, Ind., Graphics Firm (DBN Subscription Required) Pension time-bomb still ticking (DBN Subscription Required) Corporate Reform: Senate Tax Bill Aims At Executive Compensation Plans (DBN Subscription Required) More CEOs fired in 2002 (DBN Subscription Required) ______________________		New Bankruptcy Opinions (1 new opinion today) Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory Weird News (DBN Subscription Required) Creditors object to DirecTV LatAm DIP (DBN Subscription Required) Kmart: Ex-Kmart Exec Told To Hand Over Files (DBN Subscription Required) Ex-Kmart exec, "key player," must give up data (DBN Subscription Required) Stewart in talks with prosecutors (DBN Subscription Required) ___________________ Budget blues topple Florida orchestra (DBN Subscription Required) Paper mill to resume operation (DBN Subscription Required) InterDent Reaches Agreement with Senior Lenders to Restructure Debt, to Be Implemented by Prearranged Reorganization Plan (DBN Subscription Required) Fleming Presents Save Mart Purchase Agreement to Bankruptcy Court in Order To Commence Auction (DBN Subscription Required) Hayes Lammerz: Bankruptcy judge OKs Hayes Lemmerz reorganization plan (DBN Subscription Required) Bankrupt Hayes Lemmerz eyes June exit (DBN Subscription Required) ___________________ Mallard Cablevision Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) Accounting: Accounting Problems With Vendor Rebates May Be Broader Than Thought (WSJ: separate paid subscription required) _________________________ HealthSouth: A Former Nurse Is on the Case (NYT: separate free registration required) Debtors Need to Educate Selves Before Filing For Bankruptcy (DBN Subscription Required) England: Forward Planning: Fear and risk in starting a venture (DBN Subscription Required) Equitable to set up compensation fund (DBN Subscription Required) ________________________ Philippines: Does transfer of a non-performing loan to a SPV under the SPV Act require consent of the debtor? (DBN Subscription Required) ________________ Japan: Mizuho turnaround venture draws backers (DBN Subscription Required) _____________________ Australia: Bond's unsecured creditors to get 8.5 cents in the dollar (DBN Subscription Required) Ex-Ansett pilots sue over wages for training (DBN Subscription Required) _______________________ Thailand: Banks seek details on joint TPI committee (DBN Subscription Required) Thai TPI Creditors Delay Vote On Debt Planner To May 19 (DBN Subscription Required) _______________________ Iraq: Soros wants Iraq's loans voided (DBN Subscription Required) ________________________ Argentina: Investors to recoup defaulted Argentine bonds (DBN Subscription Required) _______________________

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