Bankruptcy Blogs

Caesars Tackles Gordon Ramsay Restaurants in Bankruptcy

02/03/16
Gordon Ramsay attends the FOX 2013 Summer TCA press tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, Aug.
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Show Change-Oriented Bank Managers Respect They Deserve

02/03/16

The industry's rapid change is shining a spotlight on middle and senior managers who inherit positions and often have to fix the messes Â-- while maintaining the successes Â-- of their predecessors.

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Morning Scan: Compliance Officers Feel the Heat; Ally CEO Scoffs at Auto Loan Bubble

02/03/16

Wall Street Journal

Regulators are putting more pressure on compliance officers at large banks and, as a result, turnover in the job category has soared. Banks have been pressed to hire more compliance officers in recent years to deal with the crush of new regulation. But at the same time, many are getting out of the job. About three dozen senior bank compliance officers quit their jobs last year, according to the headhunter firm Sheffield Haworth....

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Natural-Gas Company Peregrine Midstream Enters Chapter 11

02/03/16

Natural-gas company Peregrine Midstream Partners LLC filed for chapter 11 protection a few months before a new facility was set to be completed. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bankruptcy Avoids Judgments That “Cloud” Your Rights

02/02/16

Sun_And_cloudshttp://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/Sun_And_clouds.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />“Anything that casts a cloud or diminishes the value of of an exemption is suspect and can be avoided.”  Those simple words are important to people facing bankruptcy.

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Do Mortgages Still Have Earnings Potential?

02/02/16

The near future may find more banks ceasing to originate residential mortgages in an effort to stop the slide in stock prices.

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Dear Fed: Get Out of the Markets' Way

02/02/16

The central bank should not delay putting in place a long-term plan that diminishes its outsized influence and allows the financial markets to work without interference.

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Morning Scan: Tellers Emerge as Threat; 'Liar Loans' Make a Comeback

02/02/16

New York Times

Tellers have become a serious threat to bank security, according to law enforcement and prosecutors. Because teller jobs offer low pay and are not as important as they used to be, due in large part to mobile banking, the positions are sometimes attracting workers with criminal intent, according to an article in the New York Times. The job provides unusually direct access to customers' personal details. Rich and elderly customers are most at...

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Zinc Producer Horsehead Holding Files for Chapter 11

02/02/16

Zinc producer Horsehead Holdings Corp. filed for chapter 11 Tuesday because of weak demand for base metals and low commodities prices. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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