Bankruptcy Blogs

Senior Citizens and Bankruptcy: Special Considerations

10/19/12

fixed income bankruptcyOver the past few months, Susan Blum and I have been meeting with an increasing number of senior citizens and others on fixed incomes who are consider

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Senior Citizens and Bankruptcy: Special Considerations

10/19/12

fixed income bankruptcyOver the past few months, Susan Blum and I have been meeting with an increasing number of senior citizens and others on fixed incomes who are consider

[more]

Senior Citizens and Bankruptcy: Special Considerations

10/19/12

fixed income bankruptcyOver the past few months, Susan Blum and I have been meeting with an increasing number of senior citizens and others on fixed incomes who are consider

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Hart Schaffner Marx Owner Suits Up for Bankruptcy Court

10/19/12
Associated Press
President Barack Obama‘s inauguration tuxedo was made by Hart Schaffner Marx.

The company that

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Banks Should Reject More Board Candidates

10/19/12

The director selection model for too many U.S. banks does not reflect the industry's risk profile realities of 2012.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Danke Schoen Edition

10/19/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a museum dedicated to Wayne Newton is doing more than just entertaining the notion of a bankruptcy filing, and some of Broke’s all-stars are getting together on the newest season of “Celebrity Apprentice.” Also, Michael Vick gets a dog.

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Earnings, Black Monday, Goldman Non-Revelations

10/19/12

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Times Are a-Changin': Sort of. On the silver anniversary of the Oct. 19, 1987, Black Monday stock market crash, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal make prominent note of the event. "A Repeat of '29? Depression in '87 Is Not Expected," declared the Journal in a second-day story that it resurrects on its web site this morning. The Times went even gloomier the day after. "Does 1987 Equal 1929?"...

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To Solve TBTF Problem, Nudge Shareholders

10/19/12

Regulators can solve the supersized bank problem by removing barriers to market forces. The most important step is to offset the implicit senior debt funding subsidy.

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The Daily Docket: A123 Bidding War Heats Up

10/19/12

A bidding war for A123 Systems Inc. broke out in bankruptcy court Thursday between a spurned Chinese suitor and an American auto-parts maker. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Funding IRA Prior To Bankruptcy is Not Fraudulent Conversion, Says Court

10/19/12

Within two weeks of filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy these debtors took $12,000 of non-exempt cash from an insurance policy and used the money to fund exempt IRAs.

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