April 28, 2004 

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Asbestos:

Federal-Mogul Raps Asbestos Compensation Fund
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Gilbert Heinz Disqualified From Representing ACC Due To Ethical Conflict
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Halliburton posted a $65 million net loss, hurt by a $141 million charge for a proposed asbestos and silica settlement
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Halliburton Posts Loss After Settlement
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NAIC Tells Senate Asbestos Bill Key To Insurer Solvency
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Try, try again for asbestos relief
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Possible sharp increase in asbestos diseases
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Directors' Duties in the Zone of Insolvency: A Practical Guide
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Steel:

Creditors still battle ISG-Weirton deal
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Stelco facing record loss
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Stelco stresses need for help, Liberals step in
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U.S. Steel reports first profit in five quarters
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Stelco posts information from stakeholder presentations
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HomeGold judge blasts dumping of documents
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Ex-employees found in contempt for destroyed HomeGold documents
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Enron:

Enron To Pass Argentina TGS Stake To Creditors
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Corporate Reform:

Doubts raised over testimony in Adelphia case
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CA in court to fight indictment
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Janus and U.S. regulators reach $225M settlement in fund trading scandal
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Frank Quattrone takes witness stand in retrial, denies obstructing justice
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Dozens of firms are avoiding new board-independence rules by using an exemption for corporations that are controlled by small groups of shareholders
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Pension Crisis Prompting Changes to Company Retirement Plans

Adelphia Prosecutors Simplify Their Case, Signaling Confidence
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Adelphia prosecutors streamline their fraud case
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Judge Gives Prosecutors More Time to Decide Whether to Retry Qwest Executives
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Accounting:

Global Crossing begins an accounting review
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Dear FASB: Our options rule!
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Global Crossing Plans to Restate Financial Results
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Deloitte in the clear as Barings case ends
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6-Month Bar Against Ernst & Young Begins
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Student Perceptions of the Accounting Profession After Enron
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Md. suspends license of CashPoint pay service
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Judge Tells Knoxville, Tenn., Firm to Pay Worker's Back Vacation Wages
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Mortgage giants' regulator drafting a rule that would spell out how the agency could take over and wind down the firms' operations in case of financial trouble
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Jackson's finances are solid, adviser says
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Royal Dutch/Shell to cut up to 2,800 jobs
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Many families are in deep financial trouble because of nice homes and the escalating costs to raise kids
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Fitch Ratings Downgrades Triton Aviation Finance
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Regional Orchestra Flounders in Troubled Financial Waters
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A Look at Household Bankruptcies
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Ban extended against pay-per-view Jackson memorabilia Web site
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Off the Grill partly victim of its own success
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U.S. Court Sets Key Date in Napster Damages Cases
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Fall From Grace: Alarm Biz Files for Chapter 11
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  Met Examiner Wants $900,000 ; Fee for 45 Days of Work Called `Grotesque'
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Airlines:

Deutsche Bank to share bailout risk
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Rescue said to hinge on new airline rules
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Machinists say Air Canada's difficulties are important to Canadians
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Air Canada Creditors Have the Right to Legal Set-Off Under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act
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New Air Canada rescue deal wins cautious thumbs up
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Reservationists' layoffs expected at Continental Airlines
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Airline lost $177M
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S&P may still cut US Airways Group's ratings
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US Airways Posts Loss; Additional Cuts Loom
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US Airways says hubs no longer crucial
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Legacy carriers show few signs of phoenix
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Brussels to look at Alitalia rescue package
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Avianca bidder says to withdraw offer on May 31
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New Zealand to help folk stranded on Tonga after airline's plane seized
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How a city can win by losing its airport hub status
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Private equity firm TPG sees airline risk, reward
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Telecoms:

MCI Asks Judge to Approve Sale of Embratel to Telmex
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Calais Says MCI Would Be Indemnified In Embratel Deal
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Judge Rules MCI Can Sell Brazilian Unit
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Dispute over Embratel takes new twist
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Questions Linger Despite MCI Rebirth
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New Mexico Doubles Claim on WorldCom Suit to More Than $160 Million
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Law:

Firm Raises Associate Bonuses
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Clifford Chance Partners Deny Rumors of Mass Exit Strategy
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Former Mary Kay CEO Sues Top Firm for $50 Million
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Partner Turned Saudi Ambassador Returns to His Firm
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Committee backs rule allowing lawyers to cite unpublished decisions
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Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser, a Weil Gotshal Partner, Wins 2004 Burton Award for Legal Achievement
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Canada’s Blakes Cassels makes Chicago debut
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Lawyers’ pay-packets swell as support staff suffer
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One year at law school just isn't enough
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Firm Promotes Associates, Scoops Up NY Lawyers
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Lawyer's ex-wife gets prison sentence in fraud case
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Texas Jury Awards $1 Billion In Diet Drug Suit
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Energy:

PSC sets its own NWC strategy
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Governmental Units Not Forward Contract Merchants
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Economy:

This rising tide is lifting only yachts
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Chambers USA Ranks Haynes And Boone's Bankruptcy Practice No. 1 In Texas And Among The Best In The United States
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Famous Sacramento Restaurant Closes Down
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Jazz Golf Equipment Sees Going Concern Uncertainty
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Jacksonville FBI Investigation into Nationwide Company Omne Temporary
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Nevada making headway collecting debts
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Shaw to buy KB Toys' Web business
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Weird News
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FiberMark, Inc. Receives Court Approval of Full DIP Financing and all First-Day Motions
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EPIQ Systems, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results Reporting 85% Revenue Growth
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Trenwick Creds To Propose Alternate Ch 11 Plan
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Notary takes Fifth in Bradley bankruptcy trial
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Failure Not So Bad for Entrepreneurs Who Can Learn from It
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Factory 2-U Stores Posts $402,196 Net Loss For March Period
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Equity Sponsors May Have WARN Act Liability
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UK:

Circatex faces threat of paying back £3.75m DTI grant
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RBG pair who secretly controlled brassplate firms must pay £200m
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US disposal raises £310m to pay down Invensys debts
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Dixons to close down 106 outlets
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'Third of Debtors Suffer Stress, Depression and Panic'
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Move to plug UK company pensions loophole
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An administrator who fails to inform creditors voting on proposals for a company voluntary arrangement of an offer for the assets of the company is guilty of an irregularity
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Canada:

Promax Energy May Face receivership
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McWatters Mining: Creditor Protection Extended To May 28
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Les Boutiques San Francisco Receives Seven Offers From Third Parties
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Student loan headaches logged in thousands of cases each month
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Doman plan bad news for Port Alice
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Doman accepts creditors' restructuring plan
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Les Boutiques SF Bankruptcy Protection Extended
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Clarifying Canadian Landlords' Rights
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Russia:

YUKOS CFO justifies default warning
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Other firms at risk, says Yukos
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Australia:

Elliott loses latest court bid
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Epic's pipeline falls into receivership
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Foot-in-the-door auditing dries up
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France:

Banks grant Alstom breathing room
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Argentina:

Argentina to Present Debt Rescheduling Plan by June
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Italy:

Italy tax police search banks in Cirio probe
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Parmalat conflict between Italy and Ireland
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Indonesia:

I cost too much, says agent who caused Pru bankruptcy
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Indonesia wants Prudential unit to restart ops after bankruptcy case
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Japan:

Tesco buys bankrupt Japanese store chain
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China:

China's Central Bank Says Curbs Are Slowing Growth
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