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The Enron cast: Where are they now?
Financial NewsDecember 1, 2011

The leading characters in the Enron saga have had varied fortunes since the disgraced trading giant collapsed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy a decade ago this week. A few went to prison, a couple have since died, while another employee went on to become a ...more »

Sales-Tax Measures 'to Cost Us Big'
Wall Street JournalDecember 1, 2011

But Ms. Strawn, and others like her who operate with just a dozen or so employees, would have to begin collecting and remitting taxes for the more than 40 states that currently charge sales and use taxes, along with thousands of cities and counties ...more »

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Bad Credit History
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Donald Bren's Highway Robbery
OC WeeklyDecember 1, 2011

[Moxley Confidential] The developer's role in creating the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road is the county's most embarrassing un-prosecuted crime. You might guess that a person worth $12 billion or $15 billion and approaching his 80th birthday would have ...more »

Collections
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We must protect citizens from our ruthless banks
Irish IndependentDecember 1, 2011

There are still some promotion opportunities -- although you do realise 'banking' is now a euphemism and that a banker's function is to act as a debt collector. This struck me forcibly on a plane journey between Liverpool and Dublin a few days ago when ...more »

Chapter 11, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy law reform may boost economy
The NationalDecember 1, 2011

Government officials are working on a proposed bankruptcy law that will lower costs for businesses seeking to raise capital for starting up or expanding in the UAE. Jaime Puebla / The National Government officials are working on a proposed bankruptcy ...more »

Disputes With Irs
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UF owes IRS $71000 in taxes
Gainesville SunDecember 1, 2011

A two-year Internal Revenue Service audit at the University of Florida has turned up $71000 the university owed in taxes, the audit committee of the Board of Trustees was told Thursday. The missing money was primarily the result of a ...more »

Garnishment
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Government duns PTIC for P429M
Inquirer.netDecember 6, 2011

The Office of the Solicitor General is pressing its plea for the Sandiganbayan to order the Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corporation (PTIC) to pay the state over P429 million representing additional dividends and ...more »

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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American Airlines Union Questions Bankruptcy Motive
In These TimesDecember 1, 2011

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) American Airlines' parent company filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, throwing into question the fate of thousands of union members' jobs, their contracts and an eight year-old partnership agreement under ...more »

Personal Bankruptcy
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Hospital expects to emerge from bankruptcy
phillyBurbs.comDecember 1, 2011

Nearly two years after filing for bankruptcy, Lower Bucks Hospital is expected to emerge with a clean financial slate next month, though a new report found "sustained and dramatic softening" in some patient numbers. The US Bankruptcy Court in ...more »

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