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Business bankruptcies - Minneapolis Star Tribune

07/01/12

This is a list of recent business-related bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The number after the filing date is the case number. A Chapter 7 petition is for liquidation of the business; Chapter 11 (or ...

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War on pensions moves to new target: those already retired - Chicago Sun-Times

07/01/12

In Stockton’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing (after a 90-day state mandated mediation), the city said it will eliminate the city’s contribution to retiree health care, along with suspending interest payments to bondholders and making cuts in union contracts.

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Washington area bankruptcy filings for the week of July 1 - Washington Post

07/01/12

These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s local court clerk’s offices. Under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, a company is protected from claims by creditors while it attempts to reorganize its finances under a plan approved ...

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Pa. lawmakers OK longer Harrisburg bankruptcy ban - msnbc.com

07/01/12

(AP) — A bill designed to keep Pennsylvania's financially troubled capital out of federal bankruptcy court for five more months has the approval of the state Senate and House of Representatives. The extension barring Harrisburg from filing for bankruptcy ...

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Analysis: Stockton, California new paradigm for struggling cities - YAHOO!

07/01/12

can reach consensus with its creditors and craft a plan to exit bankruptcy quickly others may follow suit, legal experts said. "Successful cases breed more filings," said Andrew Glenn, a bankruptcy partner in New York at Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman.

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Solyndra wants more time to file bankruptcy plan - Las Vegas Sun

07/01/12

A California-based solar panel manufacturer that received a half-billion dollar loan from the federal government before filing for bankruptcy protection is asking for more time to file a reorganization plan. An attorney for Solyndra LLC told a ...

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Pa. lawmakers OK longer Harrisburg bankruptcy ban - San Francisco Gate

07/01/12

(AP) — A bill designed to keep Pennsylvania's financially troubled capital out of federal bankruptcy court for five more months has the approval of the state Senate and House of Representatives. The extension barring Harrisburg from filing for bankruptcy ...

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Pa. lawmakers OK longer Harrisburg bankruptcy ban - PennLive.com

07/01/12

(AP) — A bill designed to keep Pennsylvania's financially troubled capital out of federal bankruptcy court for five more months has the approval of the state Senate and House of Representatives. The extension barring Harrisburg from filing for bankruptcy ...

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State House approves bill extending bankruptcy prohibition for Harrisburg; heads to Senate for vote - PennLive.com

06/30/12

The state Houses minutes ago approved an amendment to Pennsylvania's fiscal code that would prevent Harrisburg and other cash-strapped third-class cities from filing for bankruptcy until Nov. 30. The legislation, Senate Bill 1263, is heading to ...

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State lawmakers expected to extend bankruptcy prohibition for Harrisburg and other fiscally distressed third-class cities - PennLive.com

06/30/12

An amendment the legislature made to the state’s fiscal code last year preventing Harrisburg from filing for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy protection expires tomorrow. But like last year as the state budget was adopted, lawmakers are ...

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