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Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.4

09/05/12

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Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.4

09/05/12

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Trustee: Young Buck IP Sale No Longer Worth It

09/04/12
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50 Cent arrives at the opening gala of the International Radio Exhibition (IFA) 2012 in Berlin on Aug.
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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Florida - Miami Bankruptcy Lawyer

09/04/12
Jordan E. Bublick, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach, Florida, Attorney at Law, Practice Limited to Bankruptcy Law, Member of the Florida Bar since 1983
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CFTC Ignored Warnings of Libor-Gaming - 15 Years Ago

09/04/12

No one should be surprised that banks would suppress their posted rates in a funding crisis or that they might manipulate the BBA survey for gain. It was easy to see this coming.

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The Daily Docket: Contec Plans Quick Trip Through Bankruptcy

09/04/12

Bain Capital Partners’ Contec Holdings Ltd. plans a speedy trip through bankruptcy with a debt-for-equity swap that will displace the private-equity firm and leave banks in charge, attorneys said at a court hearing Friday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Spain Plans to Create 'Bad Bank' to Help Its Increasingly Troubled Financial Sector, France Bails Out Small Lender

09/04/12

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Europe's Banking Woes Burgeon: Perhaps because of the long weekend in the U.S., this morning's banking news is dominated by headlines about Europe ... and things aren't looking up. The Journal reports the French government rushed to bail out the "small, but key" Caisse Centrale du Crédit Immobilier de France (CCCIF) over the weekend after the mortgage lender requested aid to pay down bonds that were due on Monday. The $6.3 billion...

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Basel III Makes Credit Card Portfolios a Buyer's and Seller's Market

09/04/12

Financial institutions with a long-term strategic interest in the credit card business should reap the benefits of the existing safe harbor and buy while it lasts. Those who don't should take advantage of the current environment and sell.

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Converting Chapter 13 To Chapter 7 In Order To Strip Immediately A Second Mortgage

09/04/12

Since a May, 2012, court opinion was issued  Chapter 7 bankruptcy debtors became eligible to strip a wholly unsecured mortgage on their primary residences.

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