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Bankruptcy filings fall 14%, on track for pre-2008 levels - Los Angeles Times

07/05/12

Tepid consumer spending has an upside: Bankruptcy filings in the U.S. are down 14% in the first half of the year, helped along by record-low interest rates and a new culture of belt-tightening. The first half of 2012 saw 632,130 new filings ...

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Schilling's co. files for bankruptcy; feds probing - WHDH.com

07/05/12

The filing by Providence-based 38 Studios, which laid off its entire staff last month, was made in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, where the company is incorporated as a limited liability corporation. Its sister operation in Baltimore also filed for bankruptcy.

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U.S. bankruptcies on pace to fall to pre-2008 level - Reuters

07/05/12

(Reuters) - The number of U.S. businesses and consumers filing for bankruptcy fell 14 percent in the first half of 2012 and could end the year at the lowest level since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to data released on Thursday.

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Remaining Dewey Staff Could Get $700,000 in Bonuses - Wall Street Journal

07/05/12

Dewey was owed some $217 million in outstanding legal fees at the time of its bankruptcy filing, an important asset for creditors owed more than $345 million. (Who needs to make good on their legal bills? Law Blog has the answer here.)

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'Grudge' producer to file for bankruptcy - Variety

07/05/12

The amount of debt and the date of official bankruptcy filing have not yet been announced. According to a report by the Bunka Tsushin news service, Ichise does not even have the funds needed to apply for legal liquidation for the company, which launched in ...

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Mammoth Lakes Town Council votes to file bankruptcy - San Francisco Gate

07/05/12

... will make Mammoth Lakes the second local government after Stockton to use a new state mediation process before filing for bankruptcy. The new union-backed law aims to protect public employee contracts by making it harder for municipalities to file ...

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Arkansas football coach John L. Smith facing bankruptcy - USA Today

07/05/12

Mason's attorney, Julie Ann O'Bryan, didn't immediately respond to e-mails sent by The Associated Press on Tuesday, but in his bankruptcy filing he listed liabilities totaling between $10 million and $50 million. Mason's filing listed $250,000 ...

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Oldest Texas junior college files for bankruptcy - Abc Local Web

07/05/12

EL PASO, TX -- The oldest junior college in Texas has filed for federal bankruptcy protection in an ongoing effort ... on "significant debt" to try to boost enrollment. She says the filing was needed to stop foreclosure proceedings against some campus ...

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Arkansas football coach John L. Smith facing bankruptcy - USA Today

07/05/12

Mason's attorney, Julie Ann O'Bryan, didn't immediately respond to e-mails sent by The Associated Press on Tuesday, but in his bankruptcy filing he listed liabilities totaling between $10 million and $50 million. Mason's filing listed $250,000 ...

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Arkansas football coach John L. Smith facing bankruptcy - USA Today

07/05/12

Mason's attorney, Julie Ann O'Bryan, didn't immediately respond to e-mails sent by The Associated Press on Tuesday, but in his bankruptcy filing he listed liabilities totaling between $10 million and $50 million. Mason's filing listed $250,000 ...

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