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Sanlu Group May Face Bankruptcy - The Epoch Times
the sanlu group, the source of tainted powered milk, will pay huge refunds and even medical bills for babies suffering from kidney-stones. sanlu, facing the fate of bankruptcy, would layoff 30,000 employees. those who would be impacted nationwide may ...
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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sales Plan For Boscov's
wilmington - a delaware bankruptcy judge yesterday approved fast-tracked plans for an auction sale later this month of pennsylvania-based department store chain boscov's.
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Lehman Brothers Biggest Bankruptcy Case In History
lehman brothers holdings inc., the fourth-largest u.s. investment bank, succumbed to the subprime mortgage crisis it helped create in the biggest bankruptcy filing in history.
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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sales Plan For Boscov's - Philadelphia Daily News
wilmington - a delaware bankruptcy judge yesterday approved fast-tracked plans for an auction sale later this month of pennsylvania-based department store chain boscov's. judge kevin gross accepted boscov's department store l.l.c.'s proposed bid ...
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Lawyer Of The Week: H. Rodgin Cohen - Times Online
h. rodgin cohen, chairman of sullivan & cromwell, the new york-based firm, advised aig on its $85 billion (£45.9 billion) bailout by the us government, giving it an 80 per cent interest in aig. he, and a number of s&c partners led by michael wiseman ...
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Study Agency Fails With ¥1.29 Billion In Debt
gateway21 co., a private agency that promotes studies abroad for japanese students, filed for bankruptcy wednesday with the tokyo district court after incurring about ¥1.29 billion in debt, a lawyer for the agency said. about ¥950 million in tuition and boarding fees paid by some 1,300 people who were planning to go overseas is unlikely to be recovered, even after bankruptcy procedures, the ...
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Singapore Opposition Loses Icon As Jeyaretnam Dies
with the death of joshua b. jeyaretnam, this thriving southeast asian city-state has lost its most iconic political maverick, dealing another blow to an opposition movement enfeebled by government lawsuits and voter apathy. jeyaretnam, a once wealthy lawyer driven to bankruptcy under the weight of defamation lawsuits filed by singapore's leaders, died tuesday at age 82. in recent years, he had ...
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Developer Rushes To Finalize Loan Before Land Sale - San Diego Union-tribune
developers of a proposed 39-story hotel/condo tower just outside petco park are scrambling to finalize a heavy-handed bridge loan before monday, when the full-block site downtown is scheduled for sale at a foreclosure auction. san diego-based simplon ...
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Health Costs Outpace Wages - Miami Herald
in a sign that people were struggling well in advance of the current economic crisis, a report released wednesday found healthcare premiums in florida climbed 3.6 times faster than workers' earnings over seven years. families usa, a national ...
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gateway21 co, a private agency promoting studies abroad for japanese students, filed for bankruptcy wednesday with the tokyo district court after incurring about 1.29 billion yen in debts, a lawyer for the agency said.
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Hedge Fund's Assets Locked Up In Lehman Bankruptcy
many hedge fund investors will have negative returns this year. the near-certain prospect of having to take additional write-downs from unrecoverable assets at lehman brothers brings an extra level of concern that could lead to more rapid redemptions.
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Hedge Fund's Assets Locked Up In Lehman Bankruptcy - International Herald Tribune
london : two weeks after the bankruptcy by lehman brothers, hedge fund clients are still struggling to retrieve assets held by the firm. according to bankruptcy filings, large hedge funds like glg, harbinger, amber capital and elliott associates ...
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Vanguard Challenges Sale Of Lehman Unit - Philadelphia Inquirer
vanguard group inc. says lehman bros. holdings inc. may have improperly moved $500 million to an affiliate and has asked a bankruptcy court to reconsider sale of the securities firm's broker-dealer unit to barclays p.l.c. vanguard, based in malvern ...
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Texas Counties File In Bankruptcy Court Against Wamu Holding Company
a dallas law firm representing local governmental entities filed a notice in delaware bankruptcy court monday making clear it wants to be kept in the loop on the bankruptcy proceedings for washington mutual inc., the holding company that was not part of the bank that was purchased by jp morgan last week.
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Texas Counties File In Bankruptcy Court Against Wamu Holding Company
by aman batheja as big-name banks go under, tarrant county and other local governments are keeping a close eye on the fallout. a dallas law firm representing local governmental entities filed a notice in delaware bankruptcy court monday making clear it wants to be kept in the loop on the bankruptcy proceedings for washington mutual inc., the holding company that was not part of the bank that ...
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Ubs Seeks To Turn Corner After Year Of Turmoil - Guardian Unlimited
oct 2 (reuters) - swiss bank ubs ag said on thursday it expected to make a small profit in the third quarter, as the world's biggest wealth manager seeks to turn the corner after heavy writedowns in the credit crisis. the swiss bank, which has ...
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Singapore Opposition Loses Icon As Jeyaretnam Dies - International Herald Tribune
singapore : the death of singapore politician joshua b. jeyaretnam has removed the wealthy city-state's most iconic opposition figure, dealing another body blow to a feeble movement debilitated by government lawsuits and voter apathy. jeyaretnam, a ...
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Delphi Bankruptcy Nears 3 Years
despite wall street’s present turmoil, delphi corp. is making “significant progress” as it strives to emerge from bankruptcy, a company spokesman said.
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Texas Counties File In Bankruptcy Court Against Wamu Holding Company
a dallas law firm representing local governments filed a notice in delaware bankruptcy court making clear it wants to be kept in the loop on the bankruptcy proceedings for washington mutual inc.
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Lehman's Fired Staff Get 800 Pounds, Bonus Doubtful (update1) - Bloomberg
oct. 1 (bloomberg) -- the 750 lehman brothers holdings inc. u.k. staff that lost jobs today are guaranteed 800 pounds ($1,426) under law and must line up with other creditors if they hope to get any of their discretionary bonus, lawyers said. ``they ...
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