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Escada USA Wins Permission for Sale to Mittal Trust (Update1) - BusinessWeek
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Escada USA, the luxury clothing maker, won conditional permission of a sale to the family trust affiliated with Megha Mittal, 33-year-old daughter of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein said in

This Week’s 10 Wild and Ridiculous Legal Stories - The Business Insider
maritime lawyer’s misconduct, including his flight from New York to avoid arrest on contempt charges, has disqualified him from sharing in a contingency fee for work performed prior to his disbarment, a Southern District of New York bankruptcy

What you should know before settling your debt - MSNBC
In her new book, “Money 911,” financial expert Jean Chatzky answers common money questions. In this excerpt, she writes about how to proceed with debt settlement and how it affects your credit score. A: Debt settlement companies work as a middleman

Escada USA Wins Permission for Sale to Mittal Trust (Update1) - BusinessWeek
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Escada USA, the luxury clothing maker, won conditional permission of a sale to the family trust affiliated with Megha Mittal, 33-year-old daughter of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein said in

This Week’s 10 Wild and Ridiculous Legal Stories - The Business Insider
maritime lawyer’s misconduct, including his flight from New York to avoid arrest on contempt charges, has disqualified him from sharing in a contingency fee for work performed prior to his disbarment, a Southern District of New York bankruptcy

What you should know before settling your debt - MSNBC
In her new book, “Money 911,” financial expert Jean Chatzky answers common money questions. In this excerpt, she writes about how to proceed with debt settlement and how it affects your credit score. A: Debt settlement companies work as a middleman

Brown’s Chicken files for bankruptcy - WGNtv.com
CHICAGO - Brown’s Chicken & Pasta Inc. of Elmhurst filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, becoming the latest casualty of a restaurant industry downturn. Neither a company representative nor the bankruptcy lawyer could be reached for immediate

Chronology 2009: A year of farewells and new beginnings - Addison Independent
Dec. 3: THE FIRST OF five 108-foot-long girders for the Cross Street Bridge project slowly makes its way down the hill in front of the old courthouse in Middlebury Tuesday morning. Three long girders were delivered to the bridge site from J.P

3 admit gaming US visa system for seasonal workers - The Sun News
PHILADELPHIA — Three employees at a Pennsylvania staffing company admitted they scammed the visa system to bring hundreds of seasonal workers into the U.S. for clients. International Personnel Resources applied for temporary work visas under phony

Dubai panel to settle Tamweel, Amlak disputes - Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai has set up a panel to protect the creditors of troubled mortgage lenders Amlak AMLK.DU and Tamweel TAML.DU, whose long-planned merger is slated for early 2010, in a bid to boost transparency. The Gulf emirate’s reputation took

Neb. ethanol plant draws $30M at bankruptcy sale - Yahoo Finance
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) — A 44 million-gallon ethanol plant in south-central Nebraska attracted more than $30 million in a bankruptcy auction. Court documents say Nebraska Corn Processing LLC bought the Mid-America Agri Products plant. The sale needs

UPDATE 1-General Motors to replace top U.S. lobbyist - Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The top lobbyist for General Motors Co [GM.UL] is leaving the automaker and being replaced by two former telecommunications executives from Texas with long-standing ties to GM Chairman and Chief Executive Ed Whitacre

Sideline restaurant in Largo unexpectedly closes - Maryland Community Newspapers Online
The Sideline Bar and Grill in Largo, owned by former Washington Redskins star linebacker LaVar Arrington, closed Dec. 23 amid $5.5 million in debt to management at the Boulevard at the Capital Centre and several companies. Arrington opened the sports

Ethanol plant near Cambridge, Neb., sells for $30M in bankruptcy - Minneapolis Star Tribune
3 admit gaming US visa system for seasonal workers NY budget crunch reducing state trooper ranks NYPD: No bomb inside van abandoned in Times Square Report: Online sales up 5 percent during holidays Pennsylvania zinc plant settles pollution lawsuit

Tavern Can’t Sell Some Items, Parks Department Says (Update1) - Bloomberg
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Tavern on the Green LP , the bankrupt operator of the 75-year-old restaurant in New York’s Central Park, shouldn’t be allowed to sell assets such as ceilings that are affixed to the property, the city’s parks department

Palm Beach Princess crew pay among issues to be aired at bankruptcy - Palm Beach Interactive
RIVIEREA BEACH — Lawyers representing the Palm Beach Princess and its crew are expected in bankruptcy court this afternoon over matters ranging from continued operation of the ship to payment of the crew. Miami attorney Ross Toyne, who represents

Brown’s Chicken files for bankruptcy - WGNtv.com
CHICAGO - Brown’s Chicken & Pasta Inc. of Elmhurst filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, becoming the latest casualty of a restaurant industry downturn. Neither a company representative nor the bankruptcy lawyer could be reached for immediate

Chronology 2009: A year of farewells and new beginnings - Addison Independent
Dec. 3: THE FIRST OF five 108-foot-long girders for the Cross Street Bridge project slowly makes its way down the hill in front of the old courthouse in Middlebury Tuesday morning. Three long girders were delivered to the bridge site from J.P

3 admit gaming US visa system for seasonal workers - The Sun News
PHILADELPHIA — Three employees at a Pennsylvania staffing company admitted they scammed the visa system to bring hundreds of seasonal workers into the U.S. for clients. International Personnel Resources applied for temporary work visas under phony

Dubai panel to settle Tamweel, Amlak disputes - Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai has set up a panel to protect the creditors of troubled mortgage lenders Amlak AMLK.DU and Tamweel TAML.DU, whose long-planned merger is slated for early 2010, in a bid to boost transparency. The Gulf emirate’s reputation took

Neb. ethanol plant draws $30M at bankruptcy sale - Yahoo Finance
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) — A 44 million-gallon ethanol plant in south-central Nebraska attracted more than $30 million in a bankruptcy auction. Court documents say Nebraska Corn Processing LLC bought the Mid-America Agri Products plant. The sale needs

UPDATE 1-General Motors to replace top U.S. lobbyist - Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The top lobbyist for General Motors Co [GM.UL] is leaving the automaker and being replaced by two former telecommunications executives from Texas with long-standing ties to GM Chairman and Chief Executive Ed Whitacre

Sideline restaurant in Largo unexpectedly closes - Maryland Community Newspapers Online
The Sideline Bar and Grill in Largo, owned by former Washington Redskins star linebacker LaVar Arrington, closed Dec. 23 amid $5.5 million in debt to management at the Boulevard at the Capital Centre and several companies. Arrington opened the sports

Ethanol plant near Cambridge, Neb., sells for $30M in bankruptcy - Minneapolis Star Tribune
3 admit gaming US visa system for seasonal workers NY budget crunch reducing state trooper ranks NYPD: No bomb inside van abandoned in Times Square Report: Online sales up 5 percent during holidays Pennsylvania zinc plant settles pollution lawsuit

Tavern Can’t Sell Some Items, Parks Department Says (Update1) - Bloomberg
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Tavern on the Green LP , the bankrupt operator of the 75-year-old restaurant in New York’s Central Park, shouldn’t be allowed to sell assets such as ceilings that are affixed to the property, the city’s parks department

Palm Beach Princess crew pay among issues to be aired at bankruptcy - Palm Beach Interactive
RIVIEREA BEACH — Lawyers representing the Palm Beach Princess and its crew are expected in bankruptcy court this afternoon over matters ranging from continued operation of the ship to payment of the crew. Miami attorney Ross Toyne, who represents

Complaint seeks $4M from lawyer in Scott Rothstein firm - Miami Herald
Bankruptcy attorneys seeking to recoup money from Scott Rothstein’s defunct law firm filed a complaint Tuesday in an attempt to get back almost $1 million in expenses paid to an attorney for everything from his country club charges to charitable

10 years ago: Who was on top, and who was on the way up? - The State
A decade ago, Steve Case’s America Online Inc. ran the Internet portal of choice for most of the nation. So far was the company’s reach that it would boldly reach a deal to buy what was then the world’s largest media company, Time Warner Inc., in

NY’s Tavern on the Green restaurant bites the dust - Journal Inquirer
NEW YORK — Tavern on the Green, once America’s highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song. The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year

Gaming and Lotteries - Allentown Morning Call
A federal judge is allowing the company behind the ill-fated TrumpStreet Casino project to continue with its lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. In allowing the suit by Keystone Redevelopment Partners to move forward, U.S. District

Scam victims seeking justice - Columbus Dispatch
As one man seeks a fresh financial start through bankruptcy, a group of his former friends and business associates is trying to make sure that some of his debts hang over his head forever. Those friends and associates say Somnath Ganguly stole more

Mortgage firm collapse will likely dominate the news in coming year - Citizen
In a story that has taken more twists and turns than a New Hampshire secondary road, the ongoing saga of Scott David Farah and the collapse of his multimillion-dollar financial and mortgage business continues to be one of the top stories from 2009

GM rehires lobbyists — and taxpayers foot the bill - San Francisco Examiner
If you’ve flown into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and your plane took the northern approach coming down the Potomac, you may have looked out the window at the five-, six- or seven-bedroom homes on both the Maryland and Virginia sides of

McGran’s most memorable sporting moment: Twitter - Toronto Star
1 How tweet it is. I’m a twit. Back when I was doing my undergrad in the 1980s, I took a few computer courses. A fellow student was all excited one day that she received an electronic message, via the class computer, from someone in Tel Aviv. Not by

Complaint seeks $4M from lawyer in Scott Rothstein firm - Miami Herald
Bankruptcy attorneys seeking to recoup money from Scott Rothstein’s defunct law firm filed a complaint Tuesday in an attempt to get back almost $1 million in expenses paid to an attorney for everything from his country club charges to charitable

10 years ago: Who was on top, and who was on the way up? - The State
A decade ago, Steve Case’s America Online Inc. ran the Internet portal of choice for most of the nation. So far was the company’s reach that it would boldly reach a deal to buy what was then the world’s largest media company, Time Warner Inc., in

NY’s Tavern on the Green restaurant bites the dust - Journal Inquirer
NEW YORK — Tavern on the Green, once America’s highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song. The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year

Gaming and Lotteries - Allentown Morning Call
A federal judge is allowing the company behind the ill-fated TrumpStreet Casino project to continue with its lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. In allowing the suit by Keystone Redevelopment Partners to move forward, U.S. District

Scam victims seeking justice - Columbus Dispatch
As one man seeks a fresh financial start through bankruptcy, a group of his former friends and business associates is trying to make sure that some of his debts hang over his head forever. Those friends and associates say Somnath Ganguly stole more

Mortgage firm collapse will likely dominate the news in coming year - Citizen
In a story that has taken more twists and turns than a New Hampshire secondary road, the ongoing saga of Scott David Farah and the collapse of his multimillion-dollar financial and mortgage business continues to be one of the top stories from 2009

GM rehires lobbyists — and taxpayers foot the bill - San Francisco Examiner
If you’ve flown into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and your plane took the northern approach coming down the Potomac, you may have looked out the window at the five-, six- or seven-bedroom homes on both the Maryland and Virginia sides of

McGran’s most memorable sporting moment: Twitter - Toronto Star
1 How tweet it is. I’m a twit. Back when I was doing my undergrad in the 1980s, I took a few computer courses. A fellow student was all excited one day that she received an electronic message, via the class computer, from someone in Tel Aviv. Not by

Arrow Trucking: Drivers band together to help those dumped by Arrow - Journal Record
TULSA – For Arrow Trucking drivers like Jenn Cruthis, it was the worst of times. Roy, an employee from Arrow Trucking Co. who declined to give his last name, retrieves equipment from a semitrailer Tuesday morning. The company told workers to pack

GM rehires lobbyists — and taxpayers foot the bill - Washington Examiner
If you’ve flown into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and your plane took the northern approach coming down the Potomac, you may have looked out the window at the five-, six- or seven-bedroom homes on both the Maryland and Virginia sides of

Arrow Trucking: Drivers band together to help those dumped by Arrow - Journal Record
TULSA – For Arrow Trucking drivers like Jenn Cruthis, it was the worst of times. Roy, an employee from Arrow Trucking Co. who declined to give his last name, retrieves equipment from a semitrailer Tuesday morning. The company told workers to pack

GM rehires lobbyists — and taxpayers foot the bill - Washington Examiner
If you’ve flown into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and your plane took the northern approach coming down the Potomac, you may have looked out the window at the five-, six- or seven-bedroom homes on both the Maryland and Virginia sides of

Lawyers on Kassekert as Tropicana’s audit committee: ‘It just smells’ - Atlantic City Press
ATLANTIC CITY — Three experienced and respected gaming attorneys say Casino Commission Chair Linda Kassekert created unacceptable conflicts when she named herself a casino’s audit committee. The commission said Kassekert assumed the audit duties

Pelofsky leaves Spencer Fane for bankruptcy firm Berman Deleve - Kansas City Business Journal
Joel Pelofsky, a longtime bankruptcy lawyer for Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP , left the firm to join Kansas City-based Berman Deleve Kuchan & Chapman LC . Pelofsky, who also holds a seat on the Kansas City Missouri School District board, said he

Asarco tale shows need for bankruptcy safeguards - Olympian
WASHINGTON - A 562-foot smokestack that spewed a plume of arsenic, lead and This is not what the bankruptcy laws were intended for,” said John Iani, a Seattle lawyer who as a regional head of the Environmental Protection Agency during the

Cape councilman Grill doesn’t grasp severity of charges, friends say - News-Press
Cape Coral Councilman Eric Grill was broke. But he drove a new truck, wore expensive clothes and ate most of his meals in restaurants. Lee County investigators say Grill stole thousands from two clients to keep up the appearance of solvency as his

Many Jobless Fall Through Insurance Safety Net - Wall Street Journal
The government is expanding a massive safety net to help the unemployed buy health insurance, but millions of people can’t access the aid because of the way the program was designed. As a cornerstone of the economic stimulus plan, the administration

Arizona’s 10 Worst Ideas of the Decade — And, Yes, It Was Hard to - Phoenix New Times
But that package got us thinking. What were the worst ideas in Arizona this decade? The state’s in near bankruptcy, county government is in shambles; Sheriff Joe is still running amok. Surely, some ideas (and actors) are responsible for this state of

History in the making - Las Vegas Sun
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has come under unfair criticism for the way he has handled the historic health care bill. In many ways, the Nevada Democrat is in a no-win situation — critics on the right howl that it’s an expansion of

Delegations like lemmings - Bismarck Tribune
just keep selling America out, Corporate PIRATES of America, lower the minimum wage and work standards, OUTSOURCE, ship the jobs out, keep as much as you can for yourself, first and foremost then wait for your bailouts when it all falls to the

Gwinnett Hindu leader defamation case dismissed - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The decision is the latest blow to the temple’s self-proclaimed guru, Annamalai Annamalai, who goes by the title Dr. Commander Selvam. The temple filed for bankruptcy in September. Its building and nine-acre property at 5900 Brook Hollow Parkway in

Lawyers on Kassekert as Tropicana’s audit committee: ‘It just smells’ - Atlantic City Press
ATLANTIC CITY — Three experienced and respected gaming attorneys say Casino Commission Chair Linda Kassekert created unacceptable conflicts when she named herself a casino’s audit committee. The commission said Kassekert assumed the audit duties

Pelofsky leaves Spencer Fane for bankruptcy firm Berman Deleve - Kansas City Business Journal
Joel Pelofsky, a longtime bankruptcy lawyer for Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP , left the firm to join Kansas City-based Berman Deleve Kuchan & Chapman LC . Pelofsky, who also holds a seat on the Kansas City Missouri School District board, said he

Asarco tale shows need for bankruptcy safeguards - Olympian
WASHINGTON - A 562-foot smokestack that spewed a plume of arsenic, lead and This is not what the bankruptcy laws were intended for,” said John Iani, a Seattle lawyer who as a regional head of the Environmental Protection Agency during the

Cape councilman Grill doesn’t grasp severity of charges, friends say - News-Press
Cape Coral Councilman Eric Grill was broke. But he drove a new truck, wore expensive clothes and ate most of his meals in restaurants. Lee County investigators say Grill stole thousands from two clients to keep up the appearance of solvency as his

Many Jobless Fall Through Insurance Safety Net - Wall Street Journal
The government is expanding a massive safety net to help the unemployed buy health insurance, but millions of people can’t access the aid because of the way the program was designed. As a cornerstone of the economic stimulus plan, the administration

Arizona’s 10 Worst Ideas of the Decade — And, Yes, It Was Hard to - Phoenix New Times
But that package got us thinking. What were the worst ideas in Arizona this decade? The state’s in near bankruptcy, county government is in shambles; Sheriff Joe is still running amok. Surely, some ideas (and actors) are responsible for this state of

History in the making - Las Vegas Sun
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has come under unfair criticism for the way he has handled the historic health care bill. In many ways, the Nevada Democrat is in a no-win situation — critics on the right howl that it’s an expansion of

Delegations like lemmings - Bismarck Tribune
just keep selling America out, Corporate PIRATES of America, lower the minimum wage and work standards, OUTSOURCE, ship the jobs out, keep as much as you can for yourself, first and foremost then wait for your bailouts when it all falls to the

Gwinnett Hindu leader defamation case dismissed - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The decision is the latest blow to the temple’s self-proclaimed guru, Annamalai Annamalai, who goes by the title Dr. Commander Selvam. The temple filed for bankruptcy in September. Its building and nine-acre property at 5900 Brook Hollow Parkway in

Cape councilman Grill doesn’t grasp severity of charges, friends say - News-Press
Cape Coral Councilman Eric Grill was broke. But he drove a new truck, wore expensive clothes and ate most of his meals in restaurants. Lee County investigators say Grill stole thousands from two clients to keep up the appearance of solvency as his

Roseland to get new refuse hauler - Recorder Community Newspapers
ROSELAND – Galaxy Carting and Recycling of Jersey City has replaced Borough Attorney Paul Jemas explained during the council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 22, that after East Coast Sanitation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, Aug. 10, the

Delegations like lemmings - Bismarck Tribune
Dear Hal, please forgive me for letting reality intrude into your life. If you took time to study the business model of Costco, and Wal Mart you would find the comparison interesting. Costco treats its employees very well and most of them have worked

Asarco tried to shirk cleanup - but failed - Tacoma News Tribune
WASHINGTON – A 562-foot smokestack that spewed a plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals over 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound region for nearly a century remains a fitting symbol of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history

New York Racing Association will receive subpoena to turn over books - New York Daily News
Summer Bird wins the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes in 2009, but the New York Racing Association is threatening to cancel the stakes race for June 2010. The racing group threatening to ruin the Triple Crown by canceling the Belmont Stakes is

History in the making - Las Vegas Sun
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has come under unfair criticism for the way he has handled the historic health care bill. In many ways, the Nevada Democrat is in a no-win situation — critics on the right howl that it’s an expansion of

Percy Sutton, Pioneer in Civil Rights, Politics and Business, Dies at - Politics Daily
Percy E. Sutton, the youngest of 15 children whose father was born at the end of the slavery era, died Saturday in New York after a lifetime of achievement in politics and business. Sutton, a Freedom Rider during the early 1960s, rose to prominence

Cape councilman Grill doesn’t grasp severity of charges, friends say - News-Press
Cape Coral Councilman Eric Grill was broke. But he drove a new truck, wore expensive clothes and ate most of his meals in restaurants. Lee County investigators say Grill stole thousands from two clients to keep up the appearance of solvency as his

Roseland to get new refuse hauler - Recorder Community Newspapers
ROSELAND – Galaxy Carting and Recycling of Jersey City has replaced Borough Attorney Paul Jemas explained during the council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 22, that after East Coast Sanitation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, Aug. 10, the

Delegations like lemmings - Bismarck Tribune
Dear Hal, please forgive me for letting reality intrude into your life. If you took time to study the business model of Costco, and Wal Mart you would find the comparison interesting. Costco treats its employees very well and most of them have worked

Asarco tried to shirk cleanup - but failed - Tacoma News Tribune
WASHINGTON – A 562-foot smokestack that spewed a plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals over 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound region for nearly a century remains a fitting symbol of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history

New York Racing Association will receive subpoena to turn over books - New York Daily News
Summer Bird wins the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes in 2009, but the New York Racing Association is threatening to cancel the stakes race for June 2010. The racing group threatening to ruin the Triple Crown by canceling the Belmont Stakes is

History in the making - Las Vegas Sun
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has come under unfair criticism for the way he has handled the historic health care bill. In many ways, the Nevada Democrat is in a no-win situation — critics on the right howl that it’s an expansion of

Percy Sutton, Pioneer in Civil Rights, Politics and Business, Dies at - Politics Daily
Percy E. Sutton, the youngest of 15 children whose father was born at the end of the slavery era, died Saturday in New York after a lifetime of achievement in politics and business. Sutton, a Freedom Rider during the early 1960s, rose to prominence

Tiwari goes unsung - Tribune
He ducked and escaped an injury. But what followed was interesting felony case involving childhood obesity, said her lawyer, Grant Varner. Such cases will require authorities to consider not only genetics but the helplessness parents can face in

In Harlem, Reflections on the Life of Percy Sutton - New York Times
He was hailed as Harlem’s king or its chairman, the eloquent author of some of its prouder moments, the dapper mentor to its sons and daughters. As news of Percy E. Sutton ’s death spread on Sunday, the sadness spanned generations and city blocks

2009 was a bleak year for media. Bring on 2010 - The Chronicle Herald
JUST AS a pretty dark year was ending for journalism, the sun broke through over the Supreme Court last week, shining a light that will illuminate free speech in Canada for generations to come. In two key rulings, the court established a new defence

In Libby, they’re doing great, despite verdict - Montana Standard
Ida templin contemplates the hospital-style bed where her husband, Jack, rested toward the end of his life. Jack Templin, who had asbestos-related disease, died Dec. 5. Michael Jamison / the Missoulian Editor’s note: Throughout the week, the

Elderly couple ponders options for debt - Medford Mail Tribune
At the very beginning in the transaction, since it will cost you no more, please see a real estate lawyer. DEAR BRUCE: I am married and live in New Mexico. I have two grown children (57 and 61 years old). My wife has no children. In both of our names

Post a Comment - Democrat and Chronicle
Recent Voluntary Petitions Filed in the Western District of New York United States Bankruptcy Court in Rochester. In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, a firm is liquidated after courts have decided against reorganization; Chapter 13 is a personal bankruptcy in

THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Local news highlights from 2009 - Daily Freeman
1: Democrat Michael Hein takes office as Ulster County’s first elected executive and says that efforts to advance economic development priorities will begin within the coming week. 2: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announces he has appointed Red Hook

Tiwari goes unsung - Tribune
He ducked and escaped an injury. But what followed was interesting felony case involving childhood obesity, said her lawyer, Grant Varner. Such cases will require authorities to consider not only genetics but the helplessness parents can face in

In Harlem, Reflections on the Life of Percy Sutton - New York Times
He was hailed as Harlem’s king or its chairman, the eloquent author of some of its prouder moments, the dapper mentor to its sons and daughters. As news of Percy E. Sutton ’s death spread on Sunday, the sadness spanned generations and city blocks

2009 was a bleak year for media. Bring on 2010 - The Chronicle Herald
JUST AS a pretty dark year was ending for journalism, the sun broke through over the Supreme Court last week, shining a light that will illuminate free speech in Canada for generations to come. In two key rulings, the court established a new defence

In Libby, they’re doing great, despite verdict - Montana Standard
Ida templin contemplates the hospital-style bed where her husband, Jack, rested toward the end of his life. Jack Templin, who had asbestos-related disease, died Dec. 5. Michael Jamison / the Missoulian Editor’s note: Throughout the week, the

Elderly couple ponders options for debt - Medford Mail Tribune
At the very beginning in the transaction, since it will cost you no more, please see a real estate lawyer. DEAR BRUCE: I am married and live in New Mexico. I have two grown children (57 and 61 years old). My wife has no children. In both of our names

Post a Comment - Democrat and Chronicle
Recent Voluntary Petitions Filed in the Western District of New York United States Bankruptcy Court in Rochester. In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, a firm is liquidated after courts have decided against reorganization; Chapter 13 is a personal bankruptcy in

THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Local news highlights from 2009 - Daily Freeman
1: Democrat Michael Hein takes office as Ulster County’s first elected executive and says that efforts to advance economic development priorities will begin within the coming week. 2: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announces he has appointed Red Hook

NH firm kept banking license despite warnings - Nashua Telegraph
Eds: APNewsNow. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire mortgage firm suspected of taking millions of dollars from its investors kept its banking license for years after the state recommended stripping it. The Concord Monitor reports that a state

Housing sales seen shifting in 2010 - Orange County Register
2010 could be the year of the short sale. That’s when a homeowner sells a property for less than debt owed on it to a bank, or banks. Property Short Sales: 101 What: A short sale occurs when someone sells a house or condo for less than the

Environmental case shows need for tougher regulation, critics say - YAHOO!
WASHINGTON — A 562-foot smokestack that spewed a plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals over 1,000 square miles of Washington state’s Puget Sound for nearly a century remains a fitting symbol of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S

‘Hanging on:’ Most of 2009’s business news was bad in Western North - Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE — When consultant Tom Tveidt was reviewing entries for an award given by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce earlier this year, he was struck by one from a business that said it was doing in 2009 about what it did in 2008. The gist of

NH firm kept banking license despite warnings - Nashua Telegraph
Eds: APNewsNow. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire mortgage firm suspected of taking millions of dollars from its investors kept its banking license for years after the state recommended stripping it. The Concord Monitor reports that a state

Housing sales seen shifting in 2010 - Orange County Register
2010 could be the year of the short sale. That’s when a homeowner sells a property for less than debt owed on it to a bank, or banks. Property Short Sales: 101 What: A short sale occurs when someone sells a house or condo for less than the

Environmental case shows need for tougher regulation, critics say - YAHOO!
WASHINGTON — A 562-foot smokestack that spewed a plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals over 1,000 square miles of Washington state’s Puget Sound for nearly a century remains a fitting symbol of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S

‘Hanging on:’ Most of 2009’s business news was bad in Western North - Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE — When consultant Tom Tveidt was reviewing entries for an award given by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce earlier this year, he was struck by one from a business that said it was doing in 2009 about what it did in 2008. The gist of

Business Briefing - Los Angeles Times
Shareholder Raymond Balch sued in Delaware Chancery Court seeking more money Divorcé is stuck with Madoff loss A New York real estate lawyer who paid his ex-wife $2.7 million of the supposed value of his account with Bernard Madoff can’t revise

Business Briefing - Los Angeles Times
Shareholder Raymond Balch sued in Delaware Chancery Court seeking more money Divorcé is stuck with Madoff loss A New York real estate lawyer who paid his ex-wife $2.7 million of the supposed value of his account with Bernard Madoff can’t revise

Group Seeks Chinese Bidder for Simmons - Wall Street Journal
Still, the move marks a fresh twist in China’s push to buy foreign trademarks, technology and distribution networks. The government-linked Chinese financiers behind the Simmons push, as well as the Pennsylvania-based bankruptcy lawyer trying to

UPDATE 2-Lyondell seeks settlement, touts creditor support - Reuters
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 24 (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a bankruptcy court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors and said its secured lenders committed to support its plan of reorganization. Under the previously

Bank buys part of property targeted for Fishers water park - Ibj.com
The bank’s mortgage on the property constitutes a lien, which gives it the right to take possession and sell it to pay off the debt, using a credit bid to protect its interests. Wendy Brewer, a lawyer at Indianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg LLP

UPDATE 1-Lyondell seeks court OK for settlement of suit - Reuters
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 24 (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors that the company said would help bring it out of bankruptcy. Under the previously announced proposal, secured

Lyondell seeks court OK for settlement of suit - Reuters India
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors that the company said would help bring it out of bankruptcy. Under the previously announced proposal, secured lenders

Lyondell Seeks Settlement, Touts Creditor Support - ABC News
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a bankruptcy court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors and said its secured lenders committed to support its plan of reorganization. Under the previously

WaMu Seeks to Investigate US Regulators, Others - CNBC
In papers filed Monday, WaMu said it wants to review e-mails and other materials to determine agencies, media, and investors in an effort to harm WMI by driving down WMI’s credit rating and stock price.” The lawyers allege JPMorgan used that

“The Banks are the Victims” - DAILY KOS
Well, at least that is what one fellow member of the Kos community tried to tell me when I shared about my experiences with the sub prime market. I sugggested that the sub prime mortgage situation and lack of foreclosure relief needed to be

Lawyer charged in fraud gave $6M to nonprofits - Miami Herald
A defunct South Florida law firm run by an attorney now charged with operating a huge Ponzi scheme gave more than $6 million in the past year to charities and nonprofit groups. A federal bankruptcy court filing details contributions by the firm

Group Seeks Chinese Bidder for Simmons - Wall Street Journal
Still, the move marks a fresh twist in China’s push to buy foreign trademarks, technology and distribution networks. The government-linked Chinese financiers behind the Simmons push, as well as the Pennsylvania-based bankruptcy lawyer trying to

UPDATE 2-Lyondell seeks settlement, touts creditor support - Reuters
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 24 (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a bankruptcy court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors and said its secured lenders committed to support its plan of reorganization. Under the previously

Bank buys part of property targeted for Fishers water park - Ibj.com
The bank’s mortgage on the property constitutes a lien, which gives it the right to take possession and sell it to pay off the debt, using a credit bid to protect its interests. Wendy Brewer, a lawyer at Indianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg LLP

UPDATE 1-Lyondell seeks court OK for settlement of suit - Reuters
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 24 (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors that the company said would help bring it out of bankruptcy. Under the previously announced proposal, secured

Lyondell seeks court OK for settlement of suit - Reuters India
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors that the company said would help bring it out of bankruptcy. Under the previously announced proposal, secured lenders

Lyondell Seeks Settlement, Touts Creditor Support - ABC News
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co asked a bankruptcy court on Thursday to approve a proposed settlement among warring creditors and said its secured lenders committed to support its plan of reorganization. Under the previously

WaMu Seeks to Investigate US Regulators, Others - CNBC
In papers filed Monday, WaMu said it wants to review e-mails and other materials to determine agencies, media, and investors in an effort to harm WMI by driving down WMI’s credit rating and stock price.” The lawyers allege JPMorgan used that

“The Banks are the Victims” - DAILY KOS
Well, at least that is what one fellow member of the Kos community tried to tell me when I shared about my experiences with the sub prime market. I sugggested that the sub prime mortgage situation and lack of foreclosure relief needed to be

Lawyer charged in fraud gave $6M to nonprofits - Miami Herald
A defunct South Florida law firm run by an attorney now charged with operating a huge Ponzi scheme gave more than $6 million in the past year to charities and nonprofit groups. A federal bankruptcy court filing details contributions by the firm