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7 Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs - Motley Fool

03/27/12

After all, we're talking about a guy who resurrected a company that was literally a fiscal quarter away from bankruptcy and proceeded to grow it into the largest company in the world by market cap. In the most recent issue of Harvard Business ...

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American Airlines seeks to cancel labor contracts - Findlaw.com

03/27/12

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines asked a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday to break its labor contracts and impose cost-cutting terms on workers, a move aimed to pressure unions to accept concessions. Thomas W. Horton, the CEO of American parent AMR Corp ...

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American Airlines seeks to cancel labor contracts - Associated Press

03/27/12

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines asked a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday to break its labor contracts and impose cost-cutting terms on workers, a move aimed to pressure unions to accept concessions. Thomas W. Horton, the CEO of American parent ...

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Wash U professor: Thousands of Americans to use tax rebates to file for bankruptcy - The Business Journal

03/27/12

The researchers found that total bankruptcies increased by about 2 percent after 2001 tax rebates and by 7 percent after 2008 rebates. Wang and fellow researchers attributed the uptick to the passage of the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and ...

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American Airlines seeks to cancel labor contracts - Associated Press

03/27/12

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines asked a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday to break its labor contracts and impose cost-cutting terms on workers, a move aimed to pressure unions to accept concessions. Thomas W. Horton, the CEO of American parent ...

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Beakley files personal bankruptcy petition - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

03/27/12

Accountant John W. Beakley filed a Chapter 7 petition Monday in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas — a move that creates a major impediment to a month-old securities fraud lawsuit filed against him in U.S. District Court in Lubbock.

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Group seeks Menlo Park real estate investor William Garlock's bankruptcy - The Business Journal

03/27/12

Nearly 20 people, many of whom live in the Bay Area, filed the involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition against Garlock, the founder and president of Garlock & Co. Inc., a Menlo Park-based real estate investment firm. Their claims range between ...

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MF Global exec cites early worry on risk to funds - Arizona Daily Star

03/27/12

A former MF Global executive says she expressed concern about the brokerage firm putting customers' money at risk four days before it filed for bankruptcy protection. Christine Serwinski, who was the firm's chief financial officer for North America ...

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Running of the Brides Reincarnation?

03/27/12
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Brides running to get to the racks of wedding dresses at the annual Filene’s Basement Running of the Bride’s event in Miami in May 2011.

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American Airlines seeks to cancel labor contracts - Associated Press

03/27/12

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is asking a bankruptcy judge to break its union contracts and impose cost-cutting terms on workers. American said it filed the request Tuesday in U.S. bankruptcy court in New York. The airline is making good on ...

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