Bankruptcy Blogs

The Examiners: Sharon Levine on the Outlook for Corporate Restructuring

03/26/14

Interest rates that remain near zero and debt maturities that have been pushed out to 2017 and 2018 have helped drive chapter 11 filings to historic lows. Has this difficult environment put corporate restructuring on life support?

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The Examiners: Marc Leder on the Outlook for Corporate Restructuring

03/26/14

Interest rates that remain near zero and debt maturities that have been pushed out to 2017 and 2018 have helped drive Chapter 11 filings to historic lows. Has this difficult environment put corporate restructuring on life support?

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The Examiners: Marc Leder on the Outlook for Corporate Restructuring

03/26/14

Interest rates that remain near zero and debt maturities that have been pushed out to 2017 and 2018 have helped drive Chapter 11 filings to historic lows. Has this difficult environment put corporate restructuring on life support?

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Banks Must Speak with One Voice on Financial Literacy: SunTrust's Delorier

03/26/14

Rilla Delorier, SunTrust's marketing chief, says banks need to work together to promote financial health and change behavior. "We have to do this to save our industry," she says.

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Bitcoin Tax Ruling

03/26/14

The IRS has spoken:  Bitcoins are property, not currency.  This was hardly a surprise, but it has some important implication that tells us a lot about what it takes to make a currency work.  

Satoshi

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Why Mobile Payments Have Yet to Take Off

03/26/14

The Year of Mobile Payments will arrive only when all of the key players Â-- providers, merchants and consumers Â--are sufficiently motivated to change.

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The Daily Docket: Global Geophysical Enters Bankruptcy

03/26/14

Seismic data provider Global Geophysical Services Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, not long after announcing it would have to restate its financial reports for periods going back to 2009. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Morning Scan: Who's Left to Succeed Jamie Dimon Now?

03/26/14

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Another One Bites the Dust: Since JPMorgan Chase let $6 billion get swallowed by its London Whale, the bank has lost or replaced most of the senior executives below CEO Jamie Dimon, including its chief financial officer, co-chief operating officer, chief risk officer, chief compliance officer, co-head of litigation, chief investment officer, chief information officer and head of consumer banking. Now you can add to that list Mike Cavanagh, co-head of JPMorgan...

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