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Franco Pellizotti's two year ban confirmed by Court of Arbitration for Sport
Pellizotti's legal team had requested an urgent verdict and the arbitrators took just five days to reach their decison. His ban is expected to last until May 2012. Fellow Italian Pietro Caucchioli was also given a ban, with CAS confirming the two-year
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:07P
Hearing today may spare Robb & Stucky from liquidation
18 to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law. But as events have unfolded since then, the case has become a race against time for the 96-year-old company to continue in operation. At Monday's bankruptcy auction in Fort Lauderdale at
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:07P
Hearing today may spare Robb & Stucky from liquidation
18 to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law. But as events have unfolded since then, the case has become a race against time for the 96-year-old company to continue in operation. At Monday's bankruptcy auction in Fort Lauderdale at
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:07P
Coeur Defense's Post-Lehman Bankruptcy Restored by French Court
The Cour de Cassation, France's highest appeals court, said the lower tribunal erred in its 2010 ruling that the building owner's difficulties in renegotiating loan terms weren't enough to qualify it for creditor protection. “The appeals court failed
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:06P
Mass. Health Reform Hasn't Halted Medical Bankruptcies
The finding challenges the Obama administration's claim that medical bankruptcies will decline under the new US health care law, which is largely patterned after the Massachusetts law, according to the Harvard University researchers.
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:06P
Considering Bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy is a procedure whereby a person or family avoids the kind of permanent discouragement that follows financial reverses such as the loss of a job, reduction of income due to pay cuts,
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:05P
Considering Bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy is a procedure whereby a person or family avoids the kind of permanent discouragement that follows financial reverses such as the loss of a job, reduction of income due to pay cuts,
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:05P
Summary of recent Florida newspaper editorials
Raising taxes in this moribund economy to make up the difference is a no-no. Besides, Florida's problem isn't that it taxes too little. It's that it spends too much. No matter how much revenues increase, Tallahassee will find ways to spend them,
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:05P
Family of murdered Irene Barrett cannot forgive her killer
Following the jury's guilty verdict, Irene's two grand daughters, Lisa Reid and Karen Burgess, both teachers, spoke of their relief. Ms Reid, from Sussex, said: "I am happy he has been brought to justice, but I'm still so sad that we are in this
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:05P
Baxter Co. helping Ark. crack down on underage drunk driving
If the BAC is .08 or greater, an arrest of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) will occur. Arkansas' penalties for underage DUI are substantial and include the loss of driving privileges, court imposed fines and community service.
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:05P
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