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UMWA gearing up to deal with Patriot Coal bankruptcy - Evansville Courier-Press

07/20/12

United Mine Workers of America officials met Wednesday with officers of union locals to discuss how the recent bankruptcy filing by Patriot Coal Corp. might affect the company's 2,000 active union miners — including more than 300 at the ...

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Bankruptcy Attorney Tustin Consultations Cost $0 From Bankruptcy Attorneys Zhou and Cini For Residents Hit Hard By The Housing And Job Markets. - YAHOO!

07/20/12

The first step before doing anything is to see whether an individual will be filing will be for a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Prior to filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the filer must take a means test which takes income, expenses ...

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White House Backs Bankruptcy Option for Some Student Debt - Wall Street Journal

07/19/12

The Obama administration urged Congress to make it easier for people to discharge a portion of certain student debt by filing for bankruptcy protection. The recommendation, in a report by the Education Department and the Consumer Financial Protection ...

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San Bernardino may need at least one year to emerge from bankruptcy - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

07/19/12

Catch up: Read more about San Bernardino's financial crisis. SAN BERNARDINO -- City officials now have 30 days to prepare a bankruptcy filing after Wednesday night's City Council vote to seek protection from its creditors. The city's filing will ...

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California Bankruptcies Show Willingness Waning, Moody’s Says - Bloomberg

07/19/12

“Even a slight increase in bankruptcy filings would mark a significant departure from the historical pattern.” To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Chappatta in New York at [email protected] To contact the editor responsible ...

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Q2 Bankruptcies up 6.5 Percent - The Daily News

07/19/12

Bankruptcy filings in West Tennessee increased overall in the second quarter of 2012, although Chapter 7 bankruptcies, filed by the most hard-pressed debtors, fell slightly, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.

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Eastern Wisconsin bankruptcy filings increase in 2Q - The Business Journal

07/19/12

New bankruptcy filings in eastern Wisconsin slightly increased in the second quarter, reversing two years of declines from the recessionary peak of 2010. The increase was 0.8 percent, to 5,902 new filings, compared with 5,855 filings in the ...

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Fewer Wisconsinites filing for bankruptcy, down 4.7% for first half of year - wtaq.com

07/19/12

UNDATED, WI (WTAQ) - The numbers of Wisconsinites filing for bankruptcy keep going down. Federal court officials said just over 14,000 state residents filed for bankruptcy in the first six months of this year. That’s down 4.7% from the same ...

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Compton on brink of bankruptcy - Los Angeles Times

07/19/12

The situation is similar in other beleaguered cities, including San Bernardino, which voted last week to authorize a bankruptcy filing. Many of those cities relied on restricted funds to balance their books, obscuring their financial troubles.

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L.A. Now Live: Discuss Compton, municipal bankruptcies - Los Angeles Times

07/19/12

The situation is similar in other financially strapped cities, including San Bernardino, which voted last week to authorize a bankruptcy filing. Stockton and Mammoth Lakes also recently filed for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy.

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