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Solar Industry Booming, Regardless of Solyndra Bankruptcy
This is 1/80th of the total price of loans made from the Energy Department's program, none of the other companies involved have failed, and yet this is supposed to be an object lesson in how green jobs cannot compete. Never mind the $40 billion in
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:47P
FDR's Ghost Preventing Us From Going Postal
Likewise, the agency sold its Westport, Connecticut, office to an Atlanta real-estate company that will lease it out as retail space or for a restaurant. This is a great move about which enough good things can't be said. But, hey postal service,
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:43P
Stars bankruptcy filing now expected next week
Everything appeared on target for a prepackaged bankruptcy plan to be filed in a Delaware Court Thursday morning, but lawyers apparently are still fine tuning some details on the paperwork and now the filing is expected to happen early next week.
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:41P
Three Utah men face felony charges over bankrupt flight school
More than two years after a Cedar City-based flight school nose-dived into bankruptcy, three Utah men face a raft of felony charges accusing them of illegally taking thousands of dollars in tuition, then leaving students with massive
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:34P
WaMu Plan Ruling Puts Distressed Investors on Notice
AP/Ted S. Warren Bankruptcy lawyers will be beating each other over the heads for years to come with Judge Mary Walrath's latest ruling in the big bankruptcy case of Washington Mutual Inc. Rejecting the company's Chapter 11 plan,
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:33P
JeffCo creditors reviewing term sheet for sewer settlement
A proposed settlement that went to Jefferson County's creditors on Wednesday calls for an annual sewer rate increases of up to 8.2 percent for three years and 3.25 percent afterward in efforts to avoid the largest government bankruptcy in US history.
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:31P
Stars' bankruptcy filing now expected next week
The long-running process to sell the Stars was expected to take a significant step forward this week with a prepackaged bankruptcy filing in US bankruptcy court in Delaware. The filing now looks like it will come early next week, according to a source.
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:25P
The Solyndra Scandal: Background, Updates, and Analysis
Scrutiny -- particularly from House Republicans -- quickly shifted to the Obama administration, which has been accused of rushing to approve a $535 million loan to the company in 2009 for political reasons and without carefully weighing the risks.
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:21P
A settlement of sorts for Beale Street entanglement
Before the week ends, the federal bankruptcy court will receive for approval an agreement designed to settle years of wrangling between the City of Memphis and Performa Entertainment Real
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:20P
Ohio Man Charged With Defrauding Fellow Amish
Monroe Beachy, owner of A&M Investments in Sugarcreek in northeast Ohio, was charged in a one-count mail fraud indictment filed late Wednesday in US District Court. Beachy said by phone Thursday that he was unaware of the indictment and had no comment.
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:15P