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{ Monthly Archives } June 2009

Madoff To Rot Behind Bars – Reuters

BBC News Madoff To Rot Behind Bars Reuters By sara.behunek – The Big Money The New York Times leads with and the Wall Street Journal banners with news that Bernard Madoff, architect of the largest-ever financial fraud, has been slapped with the maximum sentence of 150 years in prison six months … Waiting for Madoff, Angry Crowd Is Disappointed New York Times Madoff Cursed by Victims Who Mourn Lost Savings, Blame SEC Bloomberg Who Will Buy Madoff's Homes? Wall Street Journal Blogs BBC News  - Wall Street Journal  - The Saginaw News – MLive.com all 7,608 news articles »

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Bankruptcy Hearing For General Motors

General Motors is back in court Tuesday. It’s expected to ask a judge to approve a plan to create a healthy “new” GM — financed by the government. Under the plan, GM would be able to shed its bad assets

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NACBA President Carey Ebert testifies before House Judiciary Subcommittee

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Clown Finds Bankruptcy Rules No Laughing Matter

As Americans watch two once-mighty companies — GM and Chrysler — submit to bankruptcy, there are many questions about how the process works. David Kestenbaum of NPR’s Planet Money team set out to answer some of those questions, with help from a clown who is owed $200

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Setanta files for bankruptcy protection, says will cease … – Los Angeles Times

Times Online Setanta files for bankruptcy protection, says will cease …

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Setanta files for bankruptcy protection, says will cease … – Los Angeles Times

Times Online Setanta files for bankruptcy protection, says will cease … Los Angeles Times LONDON (AP) – Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, saying it will shortly cease broadcasting to customers in Britain after failing to make a number of payments to football organizations. Scottish clubs desperately seeking new broadcaster guardian.co.uk Broadcaster Setanta in administration-Deloitte Reuters Bloomberg  - Hollywood Reporter  - The Press Association  - Times Online all 1,617 news articles

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Detroit Carmakers Improve Quality, Study Finds – New York Times

Los Angeles Times Detroit Carmakers Improve Quality, Study Finds New York Times By Cheryl Jensen Consumers who are considering buying a Chrysler or General Motors vehicle but are hesitating because of the impact bankruptcy might have on quality can take some comfort from the new JD Power and Associates 2009 Initial Quality Study.

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Bankrupt GM A Washington Temptation

General Motors is entering its fourth week in bankruptcy. The government has sunk $50 billion into the company, and is expected to own most of it by the end of the summer. President Barack Obama has made it clear that he doesn’t want to run GM

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Damages of $1.9 million could backfire on music industry – Reuters

Damages of $1.9 million could backfire on music industry Reuters By Ben Sheffner LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – The recording industry secured a resounding victory last week when a Minneapolis jury awarded the four major labels $1.92 million in damages after unanimously finding that a 32-year-old mother had willfully … RIAA needs to be disbanded, says Moby Afterdawn.com Bankruptcy could protect Jammie Thomas CNET News eWeek  - ZDNet  - Computerworld  - New York Times all 1,199 news articles

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Gasping for air, Nortel to sell off wireless tech – CNET News

Reuters Gasping for air, Nortel to sell off wireless tech CNET News by Natalie Weinstein Struggling Nortel, a one-time giant in telecommunications equipment, had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January in hopes of reorganizing.

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