November 3, 2000 Daily Bankruptcy News

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Orange County Bankruptcy: Appeals court voids sole Orange County bankruptcy conviction Orange County's Raabe Has Conviction Overturned in 1994 Bankruptcy Case Raabe's felony verdicts reversed _____________ Unpublished Case Citation: Growing Trend To Permit Citation Of "Unpublished" Cases? The Opinions: Anastasoff v. US (8th Cir) In re Arzt (8th Cir. BAP) ____________ Economy: Leading Indicators Unchanged, Indicating Economy Continues to Slow Wage Gains Fed Reports Dallas-Area's Torrid Economy Is Cooling Bankruptcies down as growth slows _____________ Crown Vantage Enters Into Letter of Intent to Sell Substantially All of Its Specialty Business Master Graphics, Inc. Announces Plans for Restructured Business Operations and Emergence From Chapter 11 Garden Botanika Reports October Comparable Store Sales NuMED Files for Voluntary Chapter 11 Protection United Companies Plan of Reorganization Confirmed Austin, Texas-Based Software Maker Cuts 200 Jobs KCS Energy, Inc. Reports Record Earnings and Cash Flow National Finance Corp. National Finance Corp- Ex-employees say "proprietary" software of bankrupt company is in the public domain NFC makes deal on debt _____________	Bankruptcy Reform: House GOPs Stay for Budget Battle - Lott Says Bankruptcy Reform Will Be Dealt With In Lame Duck Session Leading Promoter Of Bankruptcy Reform Bill Receives Golden Leash Award GOP bid to force debt vote stalls Congress to Resume Budget Talks After Election House Passes Farm Bankruptcy Extension Bankruptcy bill languishes in Senate ______________ Dotcoms: Urban Box Office Declares Bankruptcy Priceline Can't Catch a Break Dot Com Bankruptcy and the Goblet of Fire BuildNet Cutting 18 Percent of Work Force Listen.com Offers to Buy Scour Inc. Technology for $5 Million PSINet post loss, mulls options as bonds sink Failure to find funding doomed Mortgage.com Nets Staging Recovery From Depths ______________ T & W Financial Files for Bankruptcy and Plans Liquidation Orlando builder files for protection Missing Funeral Trust Funds: State Charges Oregon Funeral Home Executive Iridium's Last Stand? Tri-Valley: Tri-Valley: Federal Emergency Relief to California Growers Is Delayed Tri Valley Growers executive leaves board in the dark ___________ Customers of Bankrupt Hamburg, N.Y.-Based Energy Have To Wait For Refunds	New Bankruptcy Opinions (1 new opinion today) England: Small business attack on UK's 'Chapter 11' DTI pledges to help ailing firms avoid bankruptcy Taxman retains first call on insolvent funds _____________ Japan: Banks have much yet to do in addressing bad loan mess Sogo Chairman Apologizes For Failure Former Sogo head denies wrongdoing Crumbling Nikkei, bankruptcies unravel lethal web of shareholdings ____________ Korea: South Korea to kill off 29 ailing firms ________________ Bangladesh: Kibria for tough laws to bar loan defaulters from polls ______________ China: China Working On Bankruptcy Laws ____________ Russia: Dart Sues To Annul Sell-Off of Oil Firm In Bankruptcy Auction _____________ Movie Theater Industry: Silver Cinemas: Dallas-Based Movie Theater Operator Tries to Avoid Conversion to Ch. 7 ______________ Tultex in talks to sell factory Vermont Wholesaler Unlikely to Pick Up Bankrupt Grand Union Weather Forecast: Enter City, State, or Zipcode: