September 23, 2004 

Airlines:

US Air pilots ready to restart talks
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Judge: Resume catering service on Delta flights
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Delta Raises Some Cash --- Selling Eight Planes to FedEx
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US Airways seeks contract relief from employees
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US Airways talks could resume by weekend
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US Airways pilots reopen negotiations
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Unions asked for interim relief
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Air Canada Provides Update on Restructuring
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US Airways Would Ask Court For Immediate Cost Cuts -Memo
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UAL pension termination could set off Chapter 11 avalanche
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Airline parent seeks new credit line because of sluggish finances
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Pensions: Cold as it sounds, that's life in bankruptcy
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United eyes decision on pension plans' fate
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United fights trustee motion
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Accounting:

How leases play a shadowy role in accounting
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Recent Going-Concern Statements
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Fannie Mae CFO Howard Bears Blame for Missteps, Regulator Says
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82 Profitable Cos Didn't Pay Income Tax
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Fannie Mae's regulator accused the mortgage-finance giant of a wide range of improper accounting practices in a report that follows an eight-month probe
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IBC:

US baker blames diets as it files for Chapter 11
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For Interstate, Ch. 11 no cakewalk
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Well this takes the cake, Atkins mania is killing Twinkies
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Interstate Bakeries burned by Chapter 11
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Corporate Reform:

Spitzer: Grasso Pay Case Belongs In State, Not US, Court
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SEC Opens Fannie Probe; Board Hires Legal Counsel
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Senate's Shelby: Fannie Accounting Problems 'Deeply Troubling'
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CCAGW: The Other Shoe Drops at Fannie Mae, Tough Legislative Action Needed
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Quattrone Seeks Freedom During Appeal
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Highest and Best Bids for Jillian's Total Approximately $65 Million
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Swindler Hoover is granted bond
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Adelphia 'the last great prize' in cable
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Outback Steakhouse to rebrand remaining Chi-Chi's restaurants
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Campaign 2004: Credit Card Debt
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Trump Hotels and Equity Firm Break Off Investment Talks
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A Year After Dismissal, Former Chief Tried to Make a Comeback at Retailer Wet Seal
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Bankrupt Video Game Maker Seeks to Sell Title Rights
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Law:

Los Angeles-based law firm opens New York office
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US tech giant draws up plans for China launch
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NGJ and Kirkpartick tie the Knot
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Winston, Torys at center of Hollinger class action
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"Director of Professional and Personal Life Integration"
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Dial M for merger
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Why Is Budgeting The Hardest Part of Litigation?
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Alternative Billing and Law Partnering: A Three Act Play
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Alternative pricing structures
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Alternative Billing Practices Beyond the Billable Hour
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Should Your Firm Buy a Table at a Charitable or Bar Function?
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High Cost of Attorney Turnover
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Much Can Be Learned by Analyzing Your Client Base
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Fifteen Practical Tips for Managing Your E-mail
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Can We Have Fun When We Work in Deadly Serious Jobs?
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Seven Ways Law Firms Lose Money
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Asbestos:

Judge raises pensions hope at Turner & Newall
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US regulator may investigate James Hardie
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Government supports global Hardie ban
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Watchdog homes in on Hardie
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Costello: James Hardie Should Pay Entitlements
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Sex abuse victims criticize Diocese's bankruptcy protection
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Steel:

Wheeling-Pitt raises $100 million from stock offering
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Stelco's restructuring plan threatened by strike action, CEO says
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Stelco's chief raps Steelworkers
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Enron:

Lehman Brothers to Pay $222 Mln to Settle Enron Investor Suit
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Key Enron witness challenged by defense
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Oregon PUC Staff Recommend Portland General Electric Sale
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Onestar Creditors Level New Charges -- Complaint Alleges Attempts to Funnel Money
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US middle classes feel the pinch
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Prominent Philadelphia restaurateur faces tax-evasion charges
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IMF Sees Low Risk Of A Drop In US Home Prices
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Court OKs Sales Of Women First's Bactrim, Ortho-Est
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Penn Traffic Announces Receipt of New Sale-Leaseback Proposals; Disclosure Statement Hearing to Be Postponed
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Laura Ashley plunges further into red
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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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Is the Latest Corporate Bankruptcy Strategy a Death Knell for Pensions?
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Wheels are in motion to sell Adelphia Communications in bankruptcy
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The Wreck of the Oglebay Norton
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Filing for bankruptcy reveals lavish lifestyle in fraud case
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Kleinert's: Temperatures Rise In Long-Cool Market For "Sweat Shields"
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General Motors See Itself In Same Situation As Steelmakers And Airlines -- Fears Costs Might Swamp It
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New Jersey Attorney General's office to investigate bankrupt phone company NorVergence
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San Antonio weight-loss entrepreneur settles asset-fraud charges
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Coal company behind fly-ash plan files for bankruptcy
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LC&N files for bankruptcy
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Job-loss panic rises in western Europe as employers look elsewhere
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UK:

British Energy clinches ý3.4bn EU bailout deal
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British Energy to delist to save rescue plan
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Wine scam companies liquidated by the DTI
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How the courts are developing their approach to evidence gathered through illicit means
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Mexico:

Mexico Lawmakers Want Lower Taxes on Pemex to Boost Oil Output
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Russia:

Yukos reiterates its desire to avoid bankruptcy
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Top Officials of Yukos Send Mixed Signals to Kremlin
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Argentina:

Argentina says debt restructuring offer final
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Japan:

Citigroup shut out of Japanese bond sales
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Canada:

Receivership looms for New Skeena Forest Products
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Singapore:

August bankruptcies at all-time high
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Australia:

Household debt at record highs
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France:

Euro Disney issues ultimatum to hedge funds
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