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6 possible outcomes if merger happens - The News & Observer

05/06/12

With American Airlines in bankruptcy and US Airways very publicly circling ... Crowded planes Fewer airlines will likely mean fewer seats for sale. “Load factors,” or the percentage of seats filled on each plane, have been hitting record ...

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Bankruptcy proceeding Court approves Hawker Beechcraft's request to stay open during bankruptcy - Chicago Tribune

05/06/12

In that case, it's asking the court to require those vendors to appear and show why they shouldn't be held in violation of bankruptcy codes and required to return previous payments. That shifts the burden of proof, said Ed Nazar, a bankruptcy ...

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Michelle Singletary: Even a millionaire can fumble investing - Reading Eagle

05/06/12

Looking at former NFL star Warren Sapp's bankruptcy filing, it's hard not to focus on the Florida mansion he owns (18,000 square feet, according to property records) or the number of pricey athletic shoes he's purchased (240 pairs, many still in ...

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Stores stocking Mister Bee potato chips again - Parkersburg News & Sentinel

05/05/12

The company, which resumed production this week after filing for bankruptcy last year, began delivering product Friday to stores. Brad Woodburn, owner of Rubin's Deli on Emerson Avenue, has cases of Mister Bee chips for sale. The deli received a shipment ...

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Hawker Beechcraft’s recovery a long process - Wichita Eagle

05/05/12

But, he added, the bankruptcy will allow the company to price the plane aggressively going forward, and that should help sales greatly. Hawker Beechcraft Inc. CEO Steve Miller is a turnaround specialist who discovered his speciality during one ...

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More ups and downs - Wichita Eagle

05/05/12

Last week began with a groundbreaking ceremony for a Bombardier Learjet expansion and ended with Beechcraft’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Though it was many years and bad decisions in the making, Hawker Beechcraft’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

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Greece Votes in Polls With Euro Future at Stake - Businessweek

05/05/12

The alternative would be to “embark on adventures that take us many decades back, leading the country to bankruptcy and mass poverty ... the weight of pension and wage cuts and higher sales taxes. While polls show most people don’t ...

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New owners of The Village at Penn State waiting for approval - Centre Daily

05/05/12

Judge Mary France, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, approved the sale in February. On Friday, Penn State’s board of trustees approved the transfer of the ground lease, which had originally been a 35-year ...

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Minnesota bankruptcies - Chicago Tribune

05/05/12

Bankruptcy filings from the following counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin. Clifton Edward Bodle, Ottertail, general laborer, Chapter 7, debts of $427,804, assets of $216,540.

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Black farmers' quest for justice draws to a close - msnbc.com

05/05/12

DEPARTMENT RELIEVED The department is relieved to put the case to rest. "Agriculture Secretary (Tom ... a former House speaker who lost his dairy farm outside Starkville to bankruptcy in 1983, several years after he first took office.

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