Bankruptcy Blogs

Revel Wants You (and Your Dog) to Visit

05/22/13
Revel Atlantic City
Revel is offering its four-legged guests custom dog beds.

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The Daily Docket: Gensler Criticized Over MF Global Collapse

05/22/13

A new report that looks at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s response to MF Global Holdings Ltd. ’s collapse criticizes Chairman Gary Gensler, and has new questions about MF Global’s collapse, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Google Presents Biggest Threat to Banking

05/22/13

The tech company's new services represent a virtual slap in the face for the likes of banks and PayPal. If added to Google Glass, they potentially represent a knockout punch.

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Dimon Wins Chance to Solve All of JPM's Lingering Problems; Lloyds, RBS Plan to Close Capital Gap

05/22/13

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Dimon's Big Day: The votes are in and it's Jamie Dimon by a landslide. After all the hoopla, the still chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase won the support of 68% of shareholders who rejected a proposal to strip him of the dual roles. For those keeping score, that means 32% voted in favor of separating the titles, a decrease from the 40% of shareholders who supported a similar proposal last year....

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Thrift's Criticism of Payday Lenders Is Sour Grapes

05/21/13

Advance America responds to One PacificCoast Bank.

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To End Big-Bank Subsidies, Fix the FDIC's 'Off' Switch

05/21/13

Until a mechanism to shut the biggest and baddest is well in place, the prospect of taxpayer bailout will distort financial markets and handicap competitors.

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Bankruptcy Helps Lower Your Credit Card Minimum Payments

05/21/13

Checking WritingI know — a silly headline.  Bankruptcy is admittedly an extreme way to lower your monthly credit card payments.  But that depends on whether you are asking yourself the right question.

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The Stockton Saga Continues: Untouchable Pensions on the Chopping Block?

05/21/13

By Barbara Altimus Shreero

Judge Christopher M. Klein's decision to accept the City of Stockton's petition for bankruptcy on April 1, 2013 set the stage for a battle over whether public workers' pensions can be reduced through municipal reorganization.

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