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TEXT-Fitch:U.S. bankruptcy filings to drop 4%-5% in 2012 - Reuters

04/03/12

Apr 03 - Although it will be difficult to top 2011, bankruptcy filings will continue to drop to the tune of an added 4% to 5% before the year is out, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. The first three months of 2012 are helping to ...

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Northwest Ohio bankruptcy filings decrease for month - Toledo Blade

04/03/12

Bankruptcy filings in northwest Ohio resumed their decline in March, falling sharply after registering a slight increase in February for the first time in 17 months. U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Toledo, which covers 21 counties, reported 688 new ...

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Solar panel maker Q-Cells to file for bankruptcy - BBC News

04/03/12

Q-Cells, once the world's biggest maker of solar panels, is filing for bankruptcy. The German firm says it has abandoned an attempt to refinance its debts and will file for insolvency on Tuesday. Like other solar panel makers, Q-Cells has been hit by ...

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Montco processor of `pink slime' files for bankruptcy - Philadelphia Daily News

04/03/12

The ground beef was sold under the brand names Moran's, Stone River Ranch, and Miller Quality Meats, the bankruptcy filing stated. "An unfounded public outcry over the use of boneless, lean-beef trimmings" and "ongoing media attention called ...

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Judge throws out bankruptcy of foreclosure mogul Brunner - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

04/02/12

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge James Shapiro on Monday threw out Brunner's bankruptcy filing. As a result, Brunner will have to deal with creditors whom he owes about $19 million without any of the protections given to debtors who reorganize their ...

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Delta Connection carrier Pinnacle Airlines files for bankruptcy - Examiner

04/02/12

For Delta, Pinnacle flies the 50-passenger CRJ-200 aircraft and 76-passenger CRJ-900. As part of the bankruptcy filing, Pinnacle has obtained $74.3 million of debtor-in-possession financing from Delta Air Lines. This would enable the company to re-pay a ...

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Personal bankruptcies up in Broward County in March - Sun Sentinel

04/02/12

The number of Broward County residents filing for bankruptcy rose for the fourth month in a row in March to 866, up from 780 in February, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Miami. In recent months, unemployment and ...

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USW to Demand Accountability in Pinnacle Airlines Restructuring - PR Newswire

04/02/12

PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union will continue its active engagement with Pinnacle Airlines Corp. in light of the company's federal bankruptcy filing and work to ensure that the ...

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Solar Millennium files for bankruptcy in collapse of Bay Area firm - San Jose Mercury News

04/02/12

The bankruptcy filings came in the wake of a failure by the German parent to find a buyer for the pipeline of solar projects in the United States, including the Blythe complex. Since filing for insolvency, Solar Millennium of Germany has been ...

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AFA files for bankruptcy due to 'slime' - United Press International

04/02/12

Its products include ground beef containing boneless lean beef trimmings, the Journal said. In a bankruptcy filing in Wilmington, Del., the firm said its business plan "was quickly undermined by market forces beyond the debtors' control."

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