April 7, 2008

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Trustee Seeks $30 Million Hit From SonicBlue Law Firms, Creditors
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SonicBlue Trustee Wants Pillsbury to Return $4.2M in Fees, Pay $11M in Damages
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Kirkland & Ellis Restructuring Lawyers: Dressing for Success?
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Catching those who are falling
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Business Development Opportunities For Law Firms In 2008
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Is the Bankruptcy Wave Finally Here? Skadden's New Co-Head Says Yes
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Dewey Stay or Dewey Go? D&L Decamps from Hartford, Austin, Jacksonville
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Bucking Trend, Law Firms Build Structured Finance Groups
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Horror Stories
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What's Going On at Thacher Proffitt & Wood?
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'Lawyers are advisers and staff, not fit to lead'
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Bracewell & Giuliani's Mukasey
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ATL April Madness for Law Firms, Round 3: Upsets Galore Heading Into the Final Four
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Clifford Chance promotes 35 worldwide, banking top priority
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Share of US firms' revenues confirms London's pre-eminence as a financial hub
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Courtroom Fireworks Predicted as D.C. Madam Trial Opens
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Company Alleges Texas Firm Breached Duty During Battle Over Company Control
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Firm Socked for Ban on Fishnets
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Judge bars lawyers from Katrina cases against State Farm
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Scruggs Says He'll Accept Suspension Over Disbarment
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Probes Target Pay Boost for Katrina Pact
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Deposed, not composed; Under oath, he swore, and swore":
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Rich lawyer, poor lawyer: Want the best? Got big bucks?
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Exploring Promotions to Partnership at Texas' Large Law Firms
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Obama's lawyer days: brief and not all civil rights
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In Manifesto, California Bar Prez Calls for Reform of the Billable Hour
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Vanity Fair and the Private Eye
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Controversial Lawyer-Rating Service to Expand
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Firm Seeks Sanction for Online Comments About a Partner
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Indian legal salaries rocket as firms poach talent
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Judge of the Day: Jay Spechler
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Corporate Reform:

The Fed Gets a New Job Description
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Why Mr. Paulson has missed the mark
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Civic robbery
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Realism and Idealism in Business Ethics: A Post-Bear Reflection,
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Reforms overdue but rife with risk
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Whistling past the graveyard
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Proposals ignore economic needs of most Americans
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Politics:

Greenspan endorses McCain, foresees recession
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McCain Says 'No Magic Wand' for Bear Stearns, Economy
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McCain economic advisers come with baggage
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Dems Slam McCain On Housing, But All May Back Compromise
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Candidates weigh in on dismal job news
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Dems push for more economic aid
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Aviation:

American Air, United Say Traffic Fell on US Economy
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ATA exit stirs flurry of claims and legal hires
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Low-Fare Airline Files for Bankruptcy
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Skybus Ends Service, Third Airline to Fold In A Week
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NC airport seeks new carrier after Skybus Airlines shuts down
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SkyBus folds, travelers frustrated
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Skybus' Decision Shocks Travelers, Workers
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How could it happen?
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It's a bus, it's a plane . . . it's Skybus
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Travelers rush to salvage Hawaii vacations
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Lawyers Agree To Keep Aloha Cargo Running
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Fate of Aloha cargo rests with hearing
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Aloha says union offer to fly is a 'false hope'
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Airlines go all out to trim their fuel bills
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An AMR Bankruptcy: The Perversion Of The Airline Industry
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American Freezes Nonflight Hiring
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Life was up in the air until he got a job at Aloha
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Laid-off Pilots Offer to Help Stranded Flyers
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Funding is extended as pilots study new deal
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Aloha Airlines' lender GMAC also facing financial pressures
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Airline Complaints On The Rise
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Beset by flight delays, excuses, passengers need a bill of rights
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Passengers and airlines under pressure
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Deal struck to sell Adam Aircraft
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Pension turbulence for airline employees
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US Airlines set new lows with their 2007 performance
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Airline employees subsidizing low fares
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Alitalia flies into critical week
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Air France-KLM confirms board meeting taking place
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Alitalia could sell regional unit to raise funds
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Italy govt appeals to Alitalia unions over Air France
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Newspapers:

Newspaper Chain Hires Adviser as It Weighs Restructuring
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The first big bankruptcy in newspaper industry?
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Tough Guy in a Mean Business
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Religion:

Pope faces protest over US priests' sex abuse
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Federal Judge Orders Liens On Westboro Baptist Church Building
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Personal Finance:

At my house we are already in a depression
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Economy Forces Older Children To Move Home With Parents
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Insider Compensation:

Northwest CEO weighs 8 million reasons to go
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Nice work if you can get it: CEO makes $3.5 mil in 3 months
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A Brighter Spotlight, Yet the Pay Rises
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In the Boardroom, Every Back Gets Scratched
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Forest Products:

Schwarzenegger backs MRC plan for PALCO reorganization
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EPIC urges backing for MRC's Palco plan
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A win for redwoods
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Art:

Essex Gallery's Failure Leaves Artists Fuming
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Accounting:

Why isn't SEC saying whether loophole exists?
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Bill targets California's accountant regulations
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Blame for restatements may need a rethinking
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Finance:

Fees on revolvers shooting up, say big company execs
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Credit Cost Hikes Know no Boundaries
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Asset-backed securities finding few takers
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Payment Obligations Under Finance Lease Absolute Despite Defective Equipment
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Paper cuts could bleed equipment-financing biz
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Problems for Microfinancing in Mexico
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BFWest faces disgruntled lender
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Student Debt:

Credit woes may hinder college-bound
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Credit crunch affects colleges
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MOHELA is buffeted by credit market crisis
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Environmental:

Superfund Parties May Sue to Recovery "Voluntary" Clean-Up Costs
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Subordination:

Court Enforces Intercreditor Agreement to Subordinate Trade Creditor Claims
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Book Reviews:

When the Splurge Takes Its Toll
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Ex-insider tells how subprime lenders spun out of control
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Bankruptcy Research:

Comparing Empirical Results of Transaction Avoidance Rules Studies
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Real Estate:

Credit industry led to bankruptcy filings
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The Mortgage Bust Goes Global
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Inside a Home Foreclosure Auction
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A Road Not Taken by Lenders
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Tricky Task of Offering Aid to Homeowners
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Barney's Big Bailout
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Hope Now gives little real relief
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The Home Builder Relief Act Of 2008
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Subprime senators
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Wasteful $29 Billion Tax Cut Won't Help Housing
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Lenders retreat as housing market plummets
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Misery is a growth industry
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FDIC chief: We could do more
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Looks can be deceiving in bankruptcy cases
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Deepening fraud like salt on subprime mortgage wound
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The Boomtown Mirage
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4 Subprime Myths That Could Derail Reform
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Housing bill up for Senate vote this week
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More corporate tax breaks added to homeowner rescue bill
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Let's Foreclose on the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008
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Mortgages can be modified, payments can be altered
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Dodd: Re-lending plan not dead
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Lenders say they'll help, but experts question that
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Walk-Away Borrowers: Latest Mortgage Mess?
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Homeowners fall behind but stay put
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Foreclosure aid may be con
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New Century Report Likely Reading for Prosecutors
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Market slump makes divorce more difficult
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Condo developer tries to stay afloat by filing for Chapter 11
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FL: Bankruptcy claims real estate firms
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Effort to curb foreclosures failing
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Tough economy, crack down on abuses lead to big drop in number of mortgage brokers
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Judge denies Countrywide plaintiffs
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Ghost Town USA
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No matter which party wins, days of easy mortgage money are over
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Hundreds to foreclose on Placer land
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Businesses step in to negotiate 'short sales' of homes in distress
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Foreclosures come to McMansion country
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In the Shadow of Foreclosures - Some regions are feeling the pain more acutely than others
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For Shareholders, It's Subprime Time
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Loans harder to come by
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OC - Mortgages: Is the wound fatal this time?
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Bus tour streamlines foreclosure buying
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One way or other, zero down is history
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Bonds:

Good News for Bernanke From Bond Market Is Bad News for Rates
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MBIA finance chief decries credit downgrade
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Bond funds take a dive
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Death of a Bond Insurer
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Obituaries:

Retired US judge J. Wendell Roberts dies
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Richard L. Enkelis
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Wall Street:

Stocks in Europe, Asia Advance; US Index Futures Increase
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The Big Brokers Blew It. They Should Bear the Cost.
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The real issue behind saving Bear Stearns: size
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Explaining Bear Deal, Officials Raise Possibility of a Profit
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Bear Stearns employees flood Wall Street rivals with resumes
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Bearsucks.com
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Backroom Bear Stearns Deal Exposed
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Bears' Schwartz blames market rumors for investment bank's turmoil
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Bear Stearns's Trading Unit Draws Interest
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Broker biz up for Grabs after Bear buyout
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JP Morgan Integrates Bear Senior Managers
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Five Bear Survivors In JPMorgan Reorg
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JPMorgan nixes some Bear Stearns job offers
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Bear Stearns' Collapse Hurts Bank Of America Deal
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The politics of Bear Stearns bailout
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CLOs are In; CDOs are Out
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Sifting Through the CDO Wreckage
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Vultures swoop on Wall St but carcass may not be ready
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The new man on Wall Street: a Fed auditor
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Rule No. 1 - Fed should not have bailed out Bear Stearns
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Top OC Public Cos. Last Year Saw First Loss Since 2002
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Smith Barney's 'Boom Boom' Culture Costs Plenty
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Distressed Investing:

Carlyle to Target Distressed Assets
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Banking:

Banking world at war over cheap debt buy-backs
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Analysts now anxiously await first-quarter results from US regional banks
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Washington Mutual Gains on Speculation of Investment
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Hurwitz, FDIC gain split decision
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Two more advisory firms urge WaMu directors be rejected
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Ex-CEO on UBS: In-house trading trashed bank's reputation
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UBS Plans to Cut 2,000 Jobs in U.K. and U.S.
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Swiss financiers say no banking crisis amid UBS woes
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What went wrong at UBS?
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Layoffs:

Confessions of a layoff coach
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Dell Layoffs Could Exceed Expectations
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Sales:

Purchaser Not Liable for Related Obligations in "Free and Clear" Sale
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Jewelry:

Friedman's Inc. to Hold Bankruptcy Liquidation Sale
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Health Care:

Marathon Healthcare Files For Bankruptcy Protection
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Marathon: Bankruptcy won't affect care in state
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Regional is taxpayers' hospital
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Warrant issued for National Century executive
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More Choices Drive Cost of Health Care
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Leiner Health banks on quick sale
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Trucking:

America's truckers grind to a halt
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The road to ruin
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Gambling:

Slowdown hurting gamblers' casino comps
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge fund manager saw subprime meltdown coming
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Hedge funds brought in $21bil in February
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Hedge fund manager 'called customers a bunch of women'
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Bayou Court Finds Redemption Payments Subject to Fraudulent Conveyance Laws
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Fraud:

Parish's partner draws criticism
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Trustee's Claims Not Barred by In Pari Delicto
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M&A:

Buyouts gone bust
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Hedge funds pressure banks on Clear Channel deal
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Avoidance Actions:

Leveraged Buy-Out Payments Qualify as "Settlement Payments"
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Party Ordered to Disgorge $1.25 million in Critical Vendor Payment
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Interest:

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Re Allocation of Non-Debtor Payment to Interest
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Workouts:

Thinking Of Taking A Letter Of Credit As Additional Collateral In That Workout? Think Again!
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Economy:

Unemployment rate hits 5.1%, as employers slash payrolls
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Credit crunch won't go away soon
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A Recession for the Less Educated
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Boston Fed chief offers gloomy outlook for US
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Two-Year Notes Fall Most Since '07 as Bernanke Aids Confidence
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A new name for Bernanke: Hero
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Bear's Discount-Window Woes
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Searching for scapegoats in the credit crisis
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Ohio and Michigan already in a recession
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Costly Michigan lesson is spreading nationwide
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CA headed for recession
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Double Bubble Trouble?
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When Foreigners Buy Factories: 2 Towns, 2 Outcomes
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcies Jump 30% in March, Led by Housing-Bust States
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Number of bankruptcy cases in South Dakota drops
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Bankruptcy filings jump 30%
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Bankruptcy filings expected to soar as economy slides
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Going for Broke
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Autos:

Ford share price could double
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$22.8 Million for Mulally, As Shares Fall 10%
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$35 million to Ford execs
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UAW blasts Ford's bonuses
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UAW: Five GM plants face strike
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American Axle CEO, UAW President To Meet Monday
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Hedge fund derails $2.55-billion Delphi deal
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GM Bid to Aid Delphi Bankruptcy Exit Stalls as Appaloosa Leaves
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Delphi Is GM's Headache Again
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GM Shares Fall on Delphi Worries
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Investor bails, Delphi's bankruptcy exit stymied
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Why No One Wants Delphi?
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Diamond Glass to continue operating under bankruptcy
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Dura has new plan
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Chrysler, Plastech reach deal
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Housing crisis brings repo men into more upscale territory
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Credit crunch hurting car deals
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No Pay, No Play
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Credit crunch hits used car market; CarMax profits drop 48%
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Municipalities:

Jefferson County sets stage for possible bankruptcy
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Alabama governor says won't bail out Jefferson
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Recovery may shield New Orleans from recession
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Small cities' fiscal woes signal trouble
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Agencies feel sting of subprimes
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Credit Crisis Adds Millions to DC's Interest Payments
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Retailing:

Lillian Vernon Staff to Learn Fate Monday
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Costco, Kinko's Battle Trial Lawyers Over Credit-Card Receipts
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RichFX seeks final OK on DIP
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Labor:

WARN: The Latest Buyout Firm Headache: Labor Laws
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Video Rentals:

Movie Gallery Creditors Vote Overwhelmingly to Support Plan
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Oil/Gas:

Monitor wins use of cash
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Resorts:

Izaty's sold in bankruptcy auction for $3M
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Banks file foreclosure notices on Eagle Creek Resort
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Tamarack Resort foreclosure delay
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Enron:

"She was chopping vegetables and, tragically, she kept falling on the knife she was holding"
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Food/Drink:

Fraud Rife in Brewery Dealings, Suit Alleges
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Bankruptcy court gives Vicorp access to funds
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Quick Service can still tap cash
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Ruby Tuesday earnings drop 50% from last year
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IBC wants to beef up DIP loan
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Viac can tap cash, DIP loan
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Valuation:

Delaware Court Follows Third Circuit on Valuation
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Consumer Debt:

Delinquent debt reaches 16-year high
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GE consumer finance unit gives up on U.S. consumer
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Bankruptcy's two sides - Forgiving debt frees one, leaves many holding the bag
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UK:

Darling's Forecast for U.K. GDP Too Optimistic, Lawmakers Say
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Business failures leap as the credit crunch hits companies
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Buy-to-let novices face mortgage ruin
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Mortgage lenders prepare for the worst in housing market
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Tide turns on ludicrous boom in house prices
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Payout opens door for asbestos victims
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Fat cats protected from crunch they caused
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Northern Rock ushers its customers to the exit
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Bargain hunting among European Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
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Bank of Scotland chief warns fair value could lead to recession
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Demands pile up for £7bn of debt sold off by banks
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New rules target rogue lenders and debt collectors
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Car dealerships in for a rough ride during 2008
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Australia:

Lots to learn about Opes
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Creditors face losses in Aussie brokerage collapse
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ANZ Increases Bad-Debt Provisions by 71% to A$975 Million
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Opes Prime Asset Sale Halfway Completed by ANZ, Deloitte Says
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Alpha liquidators give up US fight
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Canada:

Gov't Money May Be Needed To Keep Big Sky Afloat
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Lundstrom's luck
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CCAA: Has The Stalking Horse Left The Barn?
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Germany:

Subprime crisis could leave German taxpayers with the bill
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EU:

EU Seeks Tighter Bank Controls, G-7 Cooperation to Fight Crisis
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Japan:

Japan's six big banks posted 40 percent decline in FY net profit
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Italy:

Geronzi to Stand Trial in Parmalat-Related Case
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Norway:

Building bankruptcies boom
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Taiwan:

Banks brace for debts settlement statute
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Cayman Islands:

KPMG named receiver for Mailsale
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