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Bankrupt Airline To Consider Huge Merger

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.12.2012

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DALLAS -- American Airlines says it is agreeing with creditors to consider potential mergers while it is still under bankruptcy protection. American ...

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Senators: Giving MF Global Execs Bonuses Probably Not A Good Idea

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Creditors, Video, Jon Corzine, Louis Freeh, Bankruptcy, MF Global, Fbi, Brokerage Firm, Compensation, Bonuses, Wall Street Journal, Senate Agriculture Committee, Senators, Business News

WASHINGTON — Senators are telling the trustee overseeing MF Global that it would be outrageous to pay bonuses to top executives of the collapsed...

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One City's 'Last And Best Chance To Avoid A Bankruptcy'

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Creditors, Retirement Benefits, Moody's Investors Service, Video, Bond Payments, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, Housing Boom, Default, Reuters, Government Employees, San Francisco, Public Employee Unions, Bond Insurers, Business News

(Adds comments) By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Stockton, California's city council approved a plan l...

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Demand That Collection Agencies Keep "The 5 New Year's Resolutions for the Conscious Bill Collector"

Jerry Ashton | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Fdcpa, Creditors, Debt, Debt Collectors, Debtors Revolt, Debtors' Prison, Student Debt, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collector Harassment, Business News

If there is one thing that most Americans might agree upon it is that the debt collection industry and the work it performs ranks in status somewhere below that of a Wall Street Banker and slightly above that of a U.S. Congressman.

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Return Of The Debtors' Prison?

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Creditors, Debtors Prisons, Debt Collectors, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Collection Agencies, Illinois Debt Collectors, Arrest Warrant Debtors, Debt Arrest Warrant, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Some Illinois residents struggling to pay off their debt have yet another thing to worry about: getting thrown in jail. As WBEZ reports, creditors...

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Alabama County Likely To Declare Bankruptcy

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Creditors, JPMorgan Chase, Alabama, Bankruptcy, Municipal Bond Market, Jefferson County, Default, Chapter 9, Sewer System, Commissioners, Business News

Alabama's troubled Jefferson County faces an 80 percent chance of declaring bankruptcy, one of its commissioners said on Thursday, as U.S. experts...

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Borders Bookstore Will Eliminate 11,000 Jobs, Close 400 Remaining Stores

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Borders Bankruptycy, Layoffs, Creditors, Liquidation, U.S Bankruptcy Court, Great Recession, Auction, Booksellers, Borders, Economic Recovery, Hilco Merchant Resources, Gordon Brothers Group, Mike Edwards, Bankruptcy Court, Ebooks, Business News

Bankrupt Borders Group Inc said it has canceled its auction and will sell itself to a group of liquidators. Borders announced the decision on M...

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France, Banks Agree To Make Greek Plan More Agreeable To Creditors

Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Greek Debt Rollover, Creditors, Greece Crisis, European Union Greece, Longer Maturities, Greece Debt, France Greece, Greece Default, French Treasury, Business News

The French treasury and banks have agreed on a proposition to make a Greek debt rollover more palatable to creditors through a combination of long...

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Beware Greeks Bearing Banks

Robert Kuttner | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Creditors, Goldman Sachs, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Social Security, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Foreclosure, Medicare, Greek Debt Crisis, Piigs, Austerity, Business News

After every financial debacle or war, there is a huge political struggle over whether creditors get to stand in the way of an economic recovery. Greece is the poster child for this dilemma, and the Greek story reveals the real villain of the piece.

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How To Divorce-Proof Your Business: The ESOP Or Property Settlement

Jeffrey A. Landers | Posted 06.13.2011

If, for whatever reason, your husband is entitled to an ownership interest in your business and you don't want to be partners after the divorce...

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FDIC Proposes A Solution For 'Too Big To Fail'

Reuters | Dave Clarke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creditors, Aig, Fdic, Sheila Bair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Dodd Frank, Business News

(Reuters) - Creditors who help authorities liquidate a troubled financial firm would be among those paid off first among unsecured creditors, accord...

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How To Divorce-Proof Your Business: Creating A Trust

Jeffrey A. Landers | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you have children, you may want to start thinking about your estate-planning goals...

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Bailouts Don't Work: The Lotto Winners Study

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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You can see why bailouts fail. Wall Street and lottery winners have a common bond. They have access to easy money without restraints.

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The Debt Relief Rip-Off

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Desperate people want to believe it's true. They want to believe that there are companies that can easily get rid of their credit card debt. More often than not, they are deeply disappointed.

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Seen and Heard in New York: Wendell Pierce, Cory Booker, Alan Rickman

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wendell Pierce, a star of HBO's Treme and host of "Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio," spoke at a recent benefit held by JALC.

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Things About Money You Don't Learn in College

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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College seniors are entering a world of money -- and without very much preparation for what is about to hit them.

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No Longer Too Big To Fail? Credit Rating Agency Thinks So

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The giant credit rating agency Standard & Poor's issued a stark warning Tuesday to creditors of Citigroup and Bank of America, two firms that up until...

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Keeping the Love Alive With Your Credit

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, credit is a lot like love. We all want it. We all need it. But it's a two way street, and finding ways to maintain it is the key.

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Nigeria payment of foreign debt: The largest transfer of wealth in modern time

GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Emeka Chiakwelu www.afripol.org st@afripol.org Nigerian government in the year 2006 paid almost $20 billion to two giant i...

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Creditors Use Social Security, Disability Benefits Loophole

wsj.com | ELLEN E. SCHULTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security Administration, Creditors, Social Security, Consumer Credit, Disabilty Benefits, Disability, Business News

A bipartisan group of legislators is pressing the Treasury Department to close a loophole that has allowed banks to seize Social Security and disabili...

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Tyler Cowen: Why Creditors Should Suffer Too

New York Times | Tyler Cowen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creditors, Financial Crisis, Tyler Cowen, Bank Bailout, Risk, Business News

THE Obama administration's proposals to reform financial regulation sound ambitious enough as they aim to bring companies like A.I.G. under a broader ...

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