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RPT-MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down - Reuters

05/18/12

estimates the fees charged by the team and other professionals have reached nearly $25 million since the bankruptcy was filed in October. Now a customer group is planning to ask that the case be streamlined so that those professionals ...

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CORRECTED-MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down - Reuters

05/18/12

estimates the fees charged by the team and other professionals have reached nearly $25 million since the bankruptcy was filed in October. Now a customer group is planning to ask that the case be streamlined so that those professionals ...

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Buffett tried to buy ResCap before bankruptcy: report - Yahoo Finance

05/17/12

Buffett sought to avoid a ResCap bankruptcy filing because Berkshire had unsecured debt in the mortgage unit, the financial website said citing the persons. Bloomberg's sources said Ally turned down Weschler's deal, and decided to file for ...

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Circus & Eldorado Joint Venture Seeks Bankruptcy in Nevada - Bloomberg

05/17/12

Circus & Eldorado Joint Venture, the operator of the Silver Legacy Resort Casino, filed for bankruptcy amid declining gaming revenues in Reno, Nevada. The 19th century and silver mining-themed hotel and casino, a joint venture between MGM Mirage ...

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Dewey to consider bankruptcy filing: source - Orlando Sentinel

05/17/12

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ailing law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is considering a bankruptcy filing as new debtholders take a more aggressive track, shifting away from earlier attempts at an out-of-court liquidation, a person familiar with the matter said ...

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REFILE-MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down - Reuters India

05/17/12

MF Global, once led by Jon Corzine, a former Goldman Sachs chief executive and New Jersey governor, filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 31, 2011, after revealing exposure to risky European sovereign debt. Commodity traders who had personal accounts at ...

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Bankruptcy filings rise 4% in Wake County - The Business Journal

05/17/12

Wake County saw a small increase in the number of new bankruptcies filed in April. A total of 211 Wake County businesses and individuals in the county filed new petitions last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North ...

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InCharge Showcases Bankruptcy Courses at South Carolina Seminar - YAHOO!

05/17/12

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, or BAPCPA, requires debtors to complete both Pre-Filing Credit Counseling and Pre-Discharge Debtor Education courses and InCharge offers both courses online at www.PersonalFinanceEducation.com.

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Wireless startup LightSquared files for bankruptcy - Yahoo Finance

05/16/12

NEW YORK (AP) -- LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. Regulators blocked its plan this winter because of concerns that its transmissions would ...

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Fewer people filing for bankruptcy in Orlando raises hope of improving economy - Orlando Sentinel

05/16/12

After falling last year for the first time since the start of the Great Recession, the number of people declaring bankruptcy in the Orlando area has continued to decline so far in 2012, raising hopes that the pace of going broke has been broken.

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