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Medical Bankruptcies Still a Problem in Massachusetts
The 2006 Massachusetts law that required nearly everyone to buy health insurance has not significantly staunched residents' pain from medical bankruptcies, according to a new study, reports the Boston Globe. A survey of Massachusetts residents who
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:32P
Medical Bankruptcies Still a Problem in Massachusetts
The 2006 Massachusetts law that required nearly everyone to buy health insurance has not significantly staunched residents' pain from medical bankruptcies, according to a new study, reports the Boston Globe. A survey of Massachusetts residents who
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:32P
Justice Dept. Seeks Fast Ruling for Health Care Law
Wednesday, March 09 2011 12:39 AP WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court in Atlanta to act swiftly on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government's health care overhaul. In a seven-page filing,
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:32P
Icahn Says He Has a Right to Make Competing Bid for Blockbuster at Auction
However, he has “worked constructively” with the company in its failed effort to reorganize and now supports the sale of the company, he said in the filing in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The judge will assess Icahn's good faith, if he decides to
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:32P
Utah Sets Itself Apart from Anti-immigrant Current
Congress's unwillingness to enact comprehensive immigration reform has left a vacuum, leading some states to take on the issue themselves, enacting laws that may be considered unconstitutional. Now Utah is taking on the issue of immigration.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:31P
Tavistock buys E-Brands
Through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, Orlando-based E-Brands Restaurants LLC and its related firms auctioned off their ownership equity Feb. 23 to Noble Corp., an entity related to Emeryville, Calif.-based Tavistock Restaurants LLC.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:30P
Icahn Says He Has a Right to Bid for Blockbuster at Auction
However, he has “worked constructively” with the company in its failed effort to reorganize and now supports the sale of the company, he said in the filing in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The judge will assess Icahn's good faith, if he decides to
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:30P
Walmart pays county's legal bills
Late last month, as promised, Walmart vice president Eric Zorn mailed a check to the county, reimbursing it for administrative costs and expenses related to Orange County's lawsuit with the Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield and the
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:30P
Tavistock Group Acquires E-Brands Restaurants: Timpano Chophouse,
Tavistock Group is an international private investment company founded by Joe Lewis. With investments in 175 companies across 15 countries, Tavistock Group's investment portfolio includes: life sciences, sports teams and sporting events,
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:30P
Group blasts three Oklahoma lawmakers for "radical" stands
By Wayne Green - Tulsa World Leave a comment Three Oklahoma lawmakers who advocate stricter immigration controls are among a dozen US legislators targeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their “radical” beliefs. Republican state Reps.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:28P