Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy law was created initially to enable persons inundated with debt to have a new beginning. It is also designed to permit individuals and business entities to have additional time t...
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Bankruptcy and Credit
Every society must resolve the tension between debtors and creditors, especially if the debtors cannot pay or cannot pay quickly enough. Many of the world's religions have...
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Hello: Three years ago, we declared bankruptcy. Are there programs that can help us be homeowners? — G.Answer: Some mortgage lenders will consider you for a new loan when four years have pass...
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American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday and two other mortgage lenders said they were not accepting new applications, signs that the worst housing crunch i...
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MAXjet Airways has ceased operations — leaving jets on tarmacs and stranding passengers over the holiday — as the all-business class airline said it would file for bankruptcy protection...
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Big Government: Comptroller General David Walker calls 2003's Medicare prescription drug benefit "probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s." Since Medicare's en...
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War On Terror: Congress' Democratic leaders obviously did not listen to what Gen. David Petraeus said this week. Their plan is to lose in Iraq in hopes it will win them the White House. But America...
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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a financially troubled small businessman gave up an important right under the federal bankruptcy code because he failed to disclose all of his assets as the l...
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would pay about $75 million to settle nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse.Insurance companies have agree...
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A federal judge found Friday that the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego misrepresented its finances and ordered it to explain why its bankruptcy case shouldn't be dismissed.The church undervalued...
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in a letter to parishioners this weekend that it is considering declaring bankruptcy to avoid going to trial on more than 140 lawsuits alleging sexual a...
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