January 31, 2007 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

US Airways may drop Delta bid
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US Airways chief won't pursue Delta if it emerges from bankruptcy
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US Airways: No higher offer yet
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House Republicans introduce measures designed to save Delta millions
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Wall Street firms bank on independent Delta
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US Airways posts 4Q profit
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Lawmakers press carrier on pensions
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Deadline Thursday for Delta creditors
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Can Delta Get Off the Ground?
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Pilots aim to recoup pay
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$125M Offered For Mesaba Claim Against NWA
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Delta's a tale of corporate greed
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Northwest Airlines CEO: No plans to merge this year
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FAA Offers to Raise Pilot Retirement Age
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Slovak Airlines Terminates Scheduled Service
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Law:

Left-Coast Firms Not Matching NY Pay
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More Money, Fewer Problems?
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Goodwin Procter Matches NY Raises
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The Scream
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India's largest firm launches offshore outsourcing of legal services
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Novell GC Reaps Bonus Amid Options Whirlwind
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The Recovery of Recovering Lawyer Bob Woodruff
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Does Debevoise Pay Its Associates Enough?
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200,000 SqFt; Hi Flr; Park Vu
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Anonymous Lawyer
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Say What?!
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Sanctioned for 'Disrespect'
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Customer Care by the Law Firm
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Law Firm Credit Worthiness
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Milberg, seeking $101M in fees, gets $38M
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He's Talking 'Bout a Revolution
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Rudy's Texas Toehold: Giuliani's Law Firm Bundles Bush Bucks
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Municipalities:

Dozens Of MA Towns In Financial Trouble
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Paper:

Paper firm plans to shed debt, reorganize
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NJ Senate considering bill to help Marcal Paper (scroll down)
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Paper company lays off workers
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Tax:

Sen. Grassley Defends IRS Privatization Program
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Corporate Governance:

Sample v. Morgan is "Just Ducky"
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Woodwind & Brasswind gets $29.9M offer
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Bristol-Myers hires banks for sale advice
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New rules drive taxi service to Chapter 11
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Illinois company buys Specialty Filaments, preserves jobs
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Autos:

Buyout shops see profit in distressed auto parts sector
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Delphi's last day for a deal is here
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Tower Automotive loan amended (scroll down)
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Real answers for Big 3 sting
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Big 3's call for U.S. aid gets cool reception
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Debt Collection:

NY Firm Faces Suit Over Debt Collection Tactics - Did lawyer perform "independent evaluation of creditor's claims?"
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Economy:

Consumer confidence improves in January
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Behind Consumers' Growing Confidence
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Price growth is slowest since September 1996
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The U.S. economy grew at a faster-than-expected 3.5% annual rate in the fourth quarter
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Tech:

You'll have SCO to kick around for another year
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Bankruptcy fraud charge dropped against fashion designer
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Another "Operation Truth or Consequences" defendant pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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Textiles:

Bankruptcy pays well
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Accounting:

Accountants Form Audit Quality Group
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KLA-Tencor Takes $370M Options Charge
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Corporate Reform:

AOL Fraud Trial Draws to Close
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More Firms Split Chair, CEO Role
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New DOJ Policy on Corporate Prosecutions: Business as Usual?
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Top Ten Signs the Pendulum Has Swung
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Two heads of bankrupt PA business ordered to pay millions, also sentenced to prison
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Case dismissed against HP investigator
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Business Rules On Democrats' Agenda
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If You Thought Fastow Got a Deal -- Here's Cosmo Corigliano
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Prosecutor: America Online execs aided fraud at PurchasePro
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HomeGold: Owen says he didn't have big picture
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Food:

IBC eyes former Pepsico executive
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Real Estate:

Fremont Investment stops working with 8,000 mortgage brokers
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JPMorgan reduces subprime mortgage exposure
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Kicking Them When they Are Down: Foreclosure Scammers
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Markets Where Home Prices Are Most Likely to Decline
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Banks Move Earlier To Curb Foreclosures
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Memphis Leads Markets with Highest Mortgage Risk
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)
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Enron:

Ex-Enron executive Kopper reports to prison
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Enron Settlements CRRA Votes to Distribute Funds From Lawsuits to Affected Towns
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Conspiracy of Fools
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Credit Cards:

Issuers Test Early Intervention with Delinquency-Prone College Kids
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Art:

Berry-Hill Gets Loan Crucial to Bankruptcy Reorganization
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Credit Counseling:

Should You Get Credit Counseling?
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Health Care:

Is there a lawyer in the house?
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Hospital's 'proposed purchasers' miss deadline
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MBIA's botched cover-up
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Kessler bankruptcy, buyer plans moving forward
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$9M in hospital's property for sale
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Satisfied liens can be avoided
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UK:

Meat factory calls administrators
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UK banks are stalling IVAs
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Gear change puts MG back on road
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Scottish & Newcastle brew up claim against PwC
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SFO raids Torex addresses
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Advertising companies in provisional liquidation
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Property repossessions soar 65 percent
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Greece:

Nuns on the run, chased by bad debts
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Canada:

Meadow Lake sold
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Bombardier contracts dry up for Camoguid
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Pension shock for 500
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Caribou Resources Corp. Obtains CCAA Protection
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Russia:

Fitch Ratings Concerned by Heavy Borrowing of Russian Oil, Gas Companies
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Australia:

Court drops shareholder bombshell
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Dubai:

World's Tallest Building Faces Year-Long Delay After Contractor Bankruptcy
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