August 5 , 2004 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Airlines:

US Airways says it may default on loan
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US Airways Pursue Pay Cuts Up To 39 Percent
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Pilots make new pitch to US Airways
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Pilots to Delta: Seek cost cuts from elsewhere
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Bankruptcy Possible If Delta Does Not Yield, Union Says
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Delta Air Pilots Say Cost-Cut Plan Is an Effort to `Gouge' Them
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Delta Pilots May 'Take Another Path'
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Belgian probe blames Swissair for Sabena collapse
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Former American Airlines CEO named director at Hawaiian Airlines
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Telecoms:

Universal Access Files for Bankruptcy Court Protection
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Steel:

Keystone Consolidated union agrees to shoulder more health care costs
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Factory orders show strength in June
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Oil threat to world economy
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PurchasePro, founder trade lawsuits
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Don't take the bait from loan scammers
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Galveston: Flagship Hotel operator seeks bankruptcy protection
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Investors pull $3B from Putnam funds
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Texas buyers sue Clayton Homes for fraud
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Judge tells church to set worth
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Two companies interested in purchasing Sure Fit
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Enron:

Attorney general joins battle against Enron
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PUD brings in heavy hitters
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Utility district tries to avoid Enron payment
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Law:

Offering Legal Advice and Lattes
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Top 50 UK firms shake off slump to post profits hike
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Clifford Chance launches new billing system in cash drive
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Paul Weiss pulls the plug on Paris for London push
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Spoilin' for a Trial
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Bombshell in the Clarence Thomas Biography
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How the legal IT sector is developing and how managers stay ahead of the game
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Entire District Bench Recused From Case Involving Alleged Plot to Kill Judge
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Clifford Chance shrugs off turbulent two years to stay UK's top global contender
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How leadership skills can be developed as lawyers progress through five key stages
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Accounting:

Sources say Grant Thornton will settle with SEC
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Bristol-Myers Agrees to Settle Accounting Case
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Corporate Reform:

SEC investigating Marathon's deals in Africa
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U.S. Attorney's Office indicts couple on charges of fraud in bankruptcies
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Parishioners spurn picketing abuse victims
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Weird News
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Asbestos:

Asbestos X-rays rechecked
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James Hardie had 'white knuckle grasp' on info
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Hardie 'may not have broken law'
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Buyout Giants Prepare Bids For Eddie Bauer
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UK:

Britons are on a borrowing frenzy
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Kevin Maxwell wins respite from court
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Australia:

Warning on corporate collapses
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Russia:

Oil falls as Yukos given access to funds, gasoline supply rises
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Jitters over Yukos
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Lawyers hold nerve as Yukos row hits market
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Japan:

IRCJ, UFJ discuss Daikyo rescue plan
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Argentina:

IMF Delays Argentina Loan Over Debt Talks, Utility Rates
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