November 12, 2003 

Asbestos:

Companies fight costs of asbestos lawsuits
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Congoleum Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results
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Should U.S. pay on asbestos?
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Steel:

Nucor, ISG Gain as Steel Prices Rise; Bush Weighs Ending Tariff
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US goods set to double in price as Europe plans huge trade war
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Europeans fear 'unprecedented' global trade war over U.S. steel duties
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Domestic Steel Recasts Itself
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Pressure mounts for U.S. to repeal its tariffs on steel
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Will Bush Bend on Steel?
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Int'l Wire hangs by a thread
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Filing for bankruptcy via the Net
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Polymer Group says its fortunes improving
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WL Ross Completes Burlington Industries Buy
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Intelsat may close Loral deal as early as year-end
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Students getting into debt with credit cards (UW)
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Corporate Reform:

Alliance May Lose North Carolina's $7 Billion Pension Contract
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New Directors But Little Reform
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First HealthSouth Sentencings This Week
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Wall Street Wonders Where Spitzer Will Strike Next
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Failed Pensions: A Painful Lesson in Assumptions
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Telecoms:

Apollo gets largest cut of Superior
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Oklahoma Judge Schedules WorldCom's Preliminary Hearing
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Price tag on Touch America's assets drops by $8 million
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Justice Department Slows Sale of Pennsylvania-Based Internet Provider Fastnet
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Mexico - Florida bankruptcy court approves Telmex sale
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Energy:

PG&E Chief Grilled on Reorganization
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Mirant Suspends Permit Process For 540 MW Potrero Unit
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S&P issues report on US energy credit outlook
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Airlines:

Lawmakers want pension break for airlines
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. warned Congress against giving airlines and other firms a break in pension-funding requirements
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Moody's cuts ATA Airlines ratings
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Cash likely won't improve service for suffering Air Canada flyers
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Nav Canada recovers only 30% of Air Canada debt
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Air Canada creditors mull legal action over lush payouts
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Sealed Air Completes Definitive Settlement Pact
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FleetBoston Transforms Logging Bankruptcy Into Forest Protection
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Homeseekers files bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Weird News
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Penn Traffic/Kroger: Mulls Selling Big Bear Division
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Bankruptcy voids employee raises
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Law:

Hollywood wonders if it was spied on
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Jacko Anchor Bugged
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Con Man Caught Operating Fake Law Firm
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With legal profession flourishing, trials fade
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AmeriKing Seeks Crt OK To Pay Mktg Fees, Incentive Bonus
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Curtis Fine Papers files for liquidation
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UK:

Insolvencies reach highest level in a decade
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Strictly For Birds?
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EU:

EU recommends bankruptcy 'fresh start'
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Europe aims to take the sting out of bankruptcy
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Germany:

IG Farben's last, ignoble unraveling
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Japan:

Daiei maps out Fukuoka rehab
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Argentina:

Argentine judge to subpoena foreign bankers
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