January 8, 2004 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Enron:

Fastow may strike plea bargain
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Fastow plea deals stalled
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Fastow in prison-time talks
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Husband-wife Team Would Rat Out Lay
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A Big Break in the Enron Case?
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Enron judge dumps Fastow deal
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Judge nixes Fastow plea deal
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Ex-Enron Officer Fastow May Plead Guilty This Week
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Judge Balks at Enron Plea Deal
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Judge Rejects Deal in Enron Probe
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A Look at 5 Pending Enron-Related Trials
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Enron Chronology
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Enron proposes April for reorganization approval
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Steel:

Troubled Stelco's bonds booming
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Slater to shut 2 more operations
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Slater Steel abandons restructuring efforts
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Town may take Troy Mills
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Weirton considering closing parts of mill
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Law:

Lawyers confident of sustained upturn
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Firm appeals against multi-million dollar ruling on discrimination
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Clifford Chance matches bonus rates in New York
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Paul Hastings merger sparks partner cull
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Ashurst chooses management team
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UK lawyers must take a stronger line on conflicts
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UK Law Society lifts ban on referral fees
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Lawmakers lobbying for Malden Mills
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Feuerstein faces loan rejection
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Bankruptcy Sales: The Stalking Horse

Monsanto still gauging costs of Solutia bankruptcy
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6,500 tech firms among 'walking dead'
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HealthSouth to brief creditors, investors in NY meeting
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Accounting:

Qwest Executives May Be Sued by SEC
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GT fights for reputation
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Indiana bankruptcies on record pace for third straight year
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Fleming judge rips firms on fees
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Camellia Grill fights back in bankruptcy petition
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Bankrupt casino boat operator looking for buyer
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Head of Federal Pension Program Leaving
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  Airlines:

A few getting paid
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Air Canada cuts deal with lessor
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US Airways May Sell East Coast Shuttle, 1 of 3 Hubs
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US Airways Said to Be Pursuing Big Asset Sales
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US Airways head lashes out at unions
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United says it's still on target to emerge from bankruptcy
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Sobelair seeks bankruptcy protection
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Hawaiian’s trustee stabilizes finances under bankruptcy
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Trustee’s $840,000 wage bid ‘exorbitant’
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Governor uses the 'B' word
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Telecoms:

US lifts ban barring MCI from federal contracts
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Lightyear attorneys revise plans for sale
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Globalstar In Talks With Qualcomm To Plan Chap 11 Exit
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Energy:

Montana wants judge to nix NorthWestern's bonus pay
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Corporate Reform:

CSR run amok
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CEO Admits Fraud Over $12.8m IPO
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Grasso may feel heat to return pay
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Long Island, N.Y., Case May Help If Suit Is Filed against Former NYSE Chair
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Some Tyco Compensation Questioned
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Tyco Former Director Testifies
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Jurors Examine Kozlowski's Decor Costs
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Cruise ship arrested
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Cruise ship company in hot water
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Troy Zander, Finance and Bankruptcy Attorney, Joins Sheppard Mullin
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Some make out from HomeGold bankruptcy
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New Mexico Bankruptcy Court Approves $6.4 Million Transfer of Water Rights
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Charleston development group plans bankruptcy filing
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Philip emerges from bankruptcy under Icahn control
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Few like credit scoring proposal for insurance
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All Parties Execute Definitive Asset Purchase Agreement as PhyAmerica Prepares to Emerge from Chapter 11
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Dispute over yachtmaker's name settled in bankruptcy court
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Flat Wages, Stagnant Job Market Trap Some Consumers in Spiraling Debt
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Offshore labor drove firm to brink
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Richmond, Ca. verges on bankruptcy With $125,000 left, the city could face a third round of cuts and layoffs
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UMW meets to discuss Horizon Natural Resources bankruptcy
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Alaska: Silver Bay pulls out of bankruptcy
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Maine Official Calls Blueberry Firms to Negotiations
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Weird News
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Personnel instability rocking Factory 2-U, bankruptcy likely
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DIP dimensions: TelCove
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Letter from Delaware
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Former top exec of ING Fertility files suit alleging scheme to file bankruptcy
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Actrade Financial Tech Gets OK To Liquidate Company
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Company seeks funding to exit bankruptcy
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Atlantic Express Emerges from Bankruptcy
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Dec Retail Sales Nice For Some, Next To Naught For Others
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For Many Equipment Leasing and Finance Companies, New Year's Resolutions Focus on Collecting Problem Accounts At Earlier Delinquency Stages
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UK:

Precipice firm falls over the edge
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Tips to avoid getting caught with debt
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New lending code published to protect consumers
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UK Company failures fall by over nine per cent during 2003
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Canada:

The number of personal bankruptcies is expected to rise by 8% this year
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Ukrainian plane stuck in Labrador may be sold
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Doman may proceed with suit against B.C., court rules
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Italy:

Parmalat not a uniquely Italian mess
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Additional Parmalat Stories

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Korea:

Bid to Save LG Card Falters
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LG Card partly halts lending service amid stalled rescue aid
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Banks Against LG Bankruptcy
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Kookmin Bank Signals Policy Shift On Indebted LG Card
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Australia:

Unions positive about Austin administrators negotiations
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Creditors dig for Gympie's gold
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No light for Gympie Gold
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Zimbabwe:

Running on empty
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Argentina:

Judge to Decide on Freezes of Argentine Assets
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Quarrel hints at tougher US line toward Argentina
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Argentine president blasts Bush administration
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China:

China Seeks Foreign Help to Reform Banking System
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