March 9, 2004 

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:

Air Canada unions stand fast on pension issue as Trinity calls for talks
(DBN Subscription Required)

Avianca gets court date to argue for more time
(DBN Subscription Required)

Fifteen Months in Chapter 11, United Far From Done
(DBN Subscription Required)

Li beckons Air Canada non-unionists
(DBN Subscription Required)

_____________

Asbestos:

Fix the asbestos bill
(DBN Subscription Required)

Cooper takes charge related to asbestos claims
(DBN Subscription Required)

Company Sues Supplier in Unusual Asbestos Case
(DBN Subscription Required)

Moody's cuts Chubb Corp. ratings
(DBN Subscription Required)

Support Senate bill on asbestos litigation fairness
(DBN Subscription Required)

Libby, vets deserve asbestos payments
(DBN Subscription Required)

'Judicial hellholes'
(DBN Subscription Required)

Halliburton: Refunding money to the government or withholding billing for its work in Iraq could "materially and adversely affect our liquidity."
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

_______________

Corporate Reform:

$2 billion in borrowing by Rigases revealed in '02
(DBN Subscription Required)

Rich and famous' hidden lifestyles revealed
(DBN Subscription Required)

Stewart likely to leave her company's top post
(DBN Subscription Required)

Martha Cooked Her Own Goose
(DBN Subscription Required)

The System Served Martha an Injustice
(DBN Subscription Required)

Please, No Tears for Martha
(DBN Subscription Required)

Kmart reviewing ties to Martha Stewart
(DBN Subscription Required)

Blunders that sabotaged her case
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Strength Of Stewart's Convictions
(DBN Subscription Required)

Martha Stewart Thanks Fans, Meets Probation Officer
(DBN Subscription Required)

Kmart likely to stick by Martha Stewart's brand
(DBN Subscription Required)

A Guilt-Edged Guide to Martha's Future
(DBN Subscription Required)

Martha Stewart Still Faces Insider Trading Prosecution
(DBN Subscription Required)

Martha Stewart Living's board met but didn't reach any firm conclusion about the future of the company's convicted founder
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Martha Stewart's Conviction Sends the Wrong Message
(DBN Subscription Required)

Ex-Adelphia Director Testifies in Trial
(DBN Subscription Required)

Justice by hook or by crook
(DBN Subscription Required)

Guilty Verdicts Give Executives a New Focus: Risk of Prison
(NYT: separate free registration required)

Defense Begins Closing Arguments in Tyco Trial
(DBN Subscription Required)

Insurer Must Pay for Tyco CEO Kozlowski's Criminal Defense
(DBN Subscription Required)

Attorney for Tyco CFO Attacks Prosecution, Boies in Closing
(DBN Subscription Required)

Enron's Unfinished Business
(DBN Subscription Required)

Settlement talks are heating up for some fund companies that were named but not charged in Spitzer's share-trading probe
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

SEC Boosting Big-Company Caseload
(DBN Subscription Required)

Corporate Executives Face New Scrutiny
(DBN Subscription Required)

_____________

RBC Economics debunks perception that North American household finances are in disarray
(DBN Subscription Required)

S&P revises Intelsat outlook to negative
(DBN Subscription Required)

  Medical center drops bankruptcy lawyers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Fresh Farms has deal to pay largest creditor
(DBN Subscription Required)

Hortons asks for Bess Eaton 'break-up' payment
(DBN Subscription Required)

Enron:

Oregon Electric files with PUC to acquire PGE
(DBN Subscription Required)

________________

Law:

Latham raids Skadden for three-partner debt finance team
(The Lawyer: separate free registration required)

Large law firms seem to go through top marketing professionals like Donald Trump goes through apprentices
(DBN Subscription Required)

Through consortiums, firms can expand offerings while maintaining independence
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Successful Lateral Move: A Balancing Act
(DBN Subscription Required)

Litigation expert boosts Arnold & Porter in NY
(The Lawyer: separate free registration required)

Wachtell represented both Martha Stewart and her firm in 2002 interviews with investigators, raising conflict-of-interest questions
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Lawyer Builds Practice Representing Troubled Rock Stars
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Lawyer, the Widow and the Gypsies
(DBN Subscription Required)

Women and Attorneys of Color at Law Firms and Senior/Staff Attorneys and School Term Clerks in Law Firms
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Telecoms:

Faced with cash crisis, Monet Mobile plans files for bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Monet Mobile seeks bankruptcy protection, will unplug net
(DBN Subscription Required)

Many MCI WorldCom Shareholders Not Aware that WCOEQ and MCWEQ Shares are Likely to Be Cancelled
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Accounting:

Shell executives knew in '02 of shortfall
(DBN Subscription Required)

Accountant Fights Crime With Stapler
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Jackson memorabilia surfaces in N.J.
(DBN Subscription Required)

City rejects state plan, offers own school loan
(DBN Subscription Required)

Avado: A $19 million problem for Ga. Tech's biz school
(DBN Subscription Required)

Jobs Depart, Hope Lingers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Flexible Solutions International Announces Agreement to Purchase Assets of Bankrupt IL Company
(DBN Subscription Required)

Till Debt Do Us Part
(DBN Subscription Required)

Show Your Political Support With Plastic
(DBN Subscription Required)

Mortgage firm's liquidation is OK'd by court
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Hare Krishna movement has filed a reorganization plan in bankruptcy court
(DBN Subscription Required)

Flexpoint Sensor emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Lone Star will pay $20M-$22M in stock for Texas Land & Cattle chain
(DBN Subscription Required)

Mystery of the Missing Jobs
(DBN Subscription Required)

Fewer small businesses plan to hire
(DBN Subscription Required)

Outsourcing America's Future
(DBN Subscription Required)

Call Centers Flee Eastern Kentucky
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Bean loses interest in Bauer
(DBN Subscription Required)

 

New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today) 

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Weird News
(DBN Subscription Required)

Steel:

Surging demand lifts U.S. steel sector's bonds
(DBN Subscription Required)

U.S. fund buys Slater's steel-bar unit
(DBN Subscription Required)

Court Examines If Bethlehem, Pa., Steel Firm Gave 'Preferential' Payments
(DBN Subscription Required)

Beth Steel creditors pressured to return pre-bankruptcy payouts
(DBN Subscription Required)

________________

Attorney's Fees Discharged By Client's Bankruptcy Conversion
(DBN Subscription Required)

Advanced Glassfiber Yarns LLC Announces Confirmation of its Plan of Reorganization
(DBN Subscription Required)

Sure Fit slipcover company files for bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Controversial Mine Owner, Operator Files for Bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Supremes Will Bite Into Commercial Speech Case
(DBN Subscription Required)

Banks Paying Top Compensation Dollars
(DBN Subscription Required)

Prandium to Sell Hamburger Hamlet
(DBN Subscription Required)

Sportswear company Tropical Sportswear fights to survive
(DBN Subscription Required)

Calling off the debt collector
(DBN Subscription Required)

UK:

Equitable Life victims get no taxpayers' cash
(DBN Subscription Required)

Additional Equitable Stories

Walkers insolvency ace wins in Caymans Parmalat action
(The Lawyer: separate free registration required)

Current Distressed Companies Update
(DBN Subscription Required)

Hutchison to Take Over 1.5 Bln Pounds of Phone Loans
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bondi takes Parmalat battle to Ireland
(The Lawyer: separate free registration required)

UK law firms served notice of new brief
(DBN Subscription Required)

Firm that cloned Dolly the sheep faces bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

£3m men
(The Lawyer: separate free registration required)

______________

Argentina:

Argentina Deadline on $3.1 Billion IMF Payment Nears
(DBN Subscription Required)

Argentina Faces Deadline To Pay Multi-Billion Dollar IMF Debt
(DBN Subscription Required)

What if Argentina loses debt gamble?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Argentina Verges on New IMF Default, But Deal Seen
(DBN Subscription Required)

Argentina plays 'chicken' with IMF
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Australia:

WC Penfolds calls in the administrators
(DBN Subscription Required)

SolNet creditors force change of liquidators
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bond back after gem of a deal
(DBN Subscription Required)

________________

MandrakeSoft: Chapter 11-Like Exit Plan Filed
(DBN Subscription Required)

Italy:

Parmalat review shows reporting difference
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Korea:

Bad debts hit South Korean lender
(DBN Subscription Required)

_______________

Please note that the Daily Bankruptcy News is primarily a news link gathering service.   This means that most of the headlines contained in the publication are a collection of links to stories posted on the Internet by various third party publications.  Such content is owned by third party sources, not the Daily Bankruptcy News, and in some cases, these links change or expire, which means you may not be able to view some news stories in prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News. 

The DBN subscription fee for access to certain links is not a fee for access to the content of the links, but is a charge for the considerable work involved in gathering, organizing and presenting the links. Use of this site and The Daily Bankruptcy News is subject to our Terms of Use.

If you received the Daily Bankruptcy News via email (and you have a paid subscription account), to view a news story, click on the headline, and the story should open in your web browser. To view additional stories, click back to the email and click on additional headlines, which will cause new stories to open in your web browser.  You can view the Daily Bankruptcy News on the web by clicking here, or by going to BKINFORMATION.COM and clicking on the Bankruptcy News button.  Note that the Daily Bankruptcy News is distributed via "HTML email" in which the links to the news stories are embedded in the headlines.  The email you receive should look like a 3-column newspaper, with headlines for each story. If you receive the Daily Bankruptcy News by email and the copy you receive is not formatted like a 3-column newspaper, or does not seem to contain links to the news stories, you may have an email client that is not capable of receiving HTML email, or is not configured to display such email.  You can however, receive a daily email notifying you when the Daily Bankruptcy News is updated on the web site. If you would like to receive such an email, please let us know at admin@bkinformation.com.

You can search the headlines from prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News by clicking here.

Advertising
Advertising is available in the Daily Bankruptcy News in a variety of places, formats and prices. Go to http://bkinformation.com/DBN_ADs.htm  for a list of choices.  Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Passwords
Access to certain links in the Daily Bankruptcy News is available only to readers holding a paid subscription
.  These links are currently marked with a "DBN Subscription Required" notation. The cost of a subscription is $45/year, payable annually.  Volume discounts are available for sites with multiple users.  Complimentary subscriptions are available for full-time  educational and governmental employees and for full time students. For information about discounts or educational/governmental subscriptions, contact us at admin@bkinformation.com. A separate password is required for each member of a firm wishing access to restricted links. New readers can receive a free password good for 30 days by going to http://bkinformation.com/RegistrationForm.cfm. Readers who wish to change their passwords should go to http://bkinformation.com/ChangePasswordForm.cfm. Readers who have forgotten their password should go to http://bkinformation.com/GetPassword.cfm

Adding Your Email Address To The Distribution List
If you would like to start receiving the Daily Bankruptcy News by email each day, go to http://bkinformation.com/SubscribeDBNForm.cfm  and fill in the information requested.  There is no charge to be placed on the distribution list to receive the headlines, although access to many of the links behind the headlines requires a paid subscription (see above, under Passwords). If, after adding your email address to the distribution list, you do not receive an email confirming the addition, please contact us at admin@bkinformation.com for help.  

Removing Your Email Address From The Distribution List
If you already receive Daily Bankruptcy News by email and you wish to remove your email address from the distribution list, click here and send the email that should appear.  Note that the email must be sent from the same email address at which you are receiving the Daily Bankruptcy News. You do not need to type anything in the body of the email message.   If you do not receive an email confirming deletion of your email address from the distribution list  for the publication, contact us at admin@bkinformation.com for help.

Daily Bankruptcy News is published each business day by BKINFORMATION.COM, L.L.C.  You can reach us at 281-242-6208 or at admin@bkinformation.com