September 17, 2004 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Airlines:

United awaits fate on extension
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United Cuts More Costs
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United's unions in the loop?
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United touts merger idea
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United union asks Congress to protect pension plans
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Airline industry's problems may stretch pension system it to the breaking point
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Airline pilots, other workers are worried about their financial futures
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Keeping an eye on Chapter 11
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Airlines must meet obligations
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Delta seeks deal to keep pilots
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EDS says previous outlook didn't factor in US Airways woes
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US Airways bankruptcy: Gain or loss?
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Anxiety About US Air
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US Airways Plane Financing Trouble Freezes Growth Plans
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Twin Tailspins for the Airline Industry
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Boeing and Hawaiian Airlines restructure leases to end bankruptcy
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US Airways' rivals nose into market
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In Pittsburgh, retailers bear US Airways' collateral effects
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U.S. Airways' woes don't yet involve layoffs
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Airline workers turn to Plan B
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Siegel's 'parachute' angers union
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Wall Street shrugs off Delta warning
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Exchange Offer Cheers Delta Bondholders
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Flight risk
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S&P, Fitch downgrade Delta Air Lines
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Union agreement pulls Alitalia back from the brink
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Alitalia to cut ground staff
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Corporate Reform:

America loves to hate dastardly CEOs
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Frankel Associate Sentenced to Four Years
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Enterprise Manufacturing files for Chapter 11; harassment case halted
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Court OKs AstroPower Creditor Probe Of Xantrex Stock Sale
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Budget Use of Pensions Sows Trouble, POtential Bankruptcy in San Diego
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Changes in Check-Processing Lie Ahead
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Federal judge dismisses farms bankruptcy filing -- No more Chapter 12
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SEC Probing Fund In MCI Bankruptcy Case
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SEC Investigating WorldCom's Official Creditors Committee
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MCI, committee at odds over bills
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One for the Landlords
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Law:

Law firm will stay in downtown Atlanta
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Fish & Neave Flirts With Ropes & Gray
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Energy:

Mirant to search for new CEO
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Mirant looking for new CEO
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Hockey:

Ice Age Cometh
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Steel:

Stelco seeks OK to find financing for mill upgrades
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Robust steel market may mask Stelco woes
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Chaos follows school closures
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Tulsa, Okla., gas company Oneok to buy a former Enron Corp. pipeline business
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Former police officer convicted of bankruptcy fraud
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Houstonians lead nation in size of car notes
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Here's what happens if you don't play the credit game
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S.F. Housing Authority explores bankruptcy
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Collapse of 60 Charter Schools Leaves Californians Scrambling
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Wet Seal Hires Rothschild As Fincl Adviser
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Kmart shares hit high of over $90
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Troubled Ellenville hospital gets much-needed designation
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Credit cards get a warning
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Era of Cheap Oil May Be Over
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Experts' advice: Act fast if struggling to pay mortgage
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Half of global business projects fail
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House Votes to Bar IRS From Outsourcing Tax Collection

OCC Issues Warning to Card Issuers
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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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Citigroup asks to move Parmalat fraud suit to U.S. federal court
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Sports book operator poised to exit bankruptcy
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Forward Sales Become Financing Alternative
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Creditors support DVI liquidation
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SEC probes WorldCom creditor actions: court papers
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State scrutinizes Breuners' liquidation
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Bankruptcy: The Real Story
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August Inflation Mild, Jobless Claims Up
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Parmalat's Farmland cleared to sell US affiliate
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Firm's creditors seek funds from McMaster trusts
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Accounting:

PCAOB Adopts Amendments to Interim Auditing Standards
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Expensing Options: A Reprieve?
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Ernst & Young, Capgemini Agree to $20 Million Travel Expense Settlement

Can the Big Four Save Themselves?

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UK:

Guide to English Corporate Insolvency Law
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Paradise Computers goes titsup
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Click, drag and get into debt... on-line betting hits it big
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Accident Group has "secret" pounds 8m staff fund: Lawyers for sacked employees accuse directors of dipping into trust -- Creditors may be first in queue for cash
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Trade In MyTravel Debt Increases
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Korea:

5 Banks Face Back Tax
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S Korea LG Card Delinquency Ratio Continues To Fall Aug
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Korea Exchange Bank Set to Push for Mass Layoffs
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Japan:

Japan shuts Citigroup private bank operations
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IRCJ begins assessing Daiei's assets without formal request
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Italy:

Ex-Parmalat CFO Asks For EUR5 Mln Severance Pay
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