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Europe stalls decision on debt crisis despite US pressure; solution delayed
AP Europe's financial rescue partners will decide in October on a payout of bailout money to bankruptcy-threatened Greece. WROCLAW, Poland (AP) -- Eurozone finance ministers resisted US pressure to provide a decisive solution to the debt crisis on
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:10P
Ex-judge's lawyer faces suspension
Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP The board claims attorney Claude Lightfoot Jr. advised then-US District Judge Thomas Porteous and his wife to file a bankruptcy petition using a false or fictitious name to prevent the proceedings
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:08P
Ministers delay bailout decision
The move came in the midst of mounting speculation that Greece is heading for bankruptcy, defaulting on its debts and destabilising the single currency economically and politically. Before flying to the talks in Wroclaw, Poland, Chancellor George
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:07P
Rush Hour Video: Jon Stewart's Take on the Solyndra Bankruptcy
Back in May 2010, President Obama traveled to Fremont, California, to tout the thin-film solar-cell manufacturer Solyndra, which at its peak employed more than 1000 people and received at least $528 million in federal loans under a program to promote
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:06P
Geithner suggested EU beef up eurozone fund
16, 2011 Rescue partners will decide in October on a crucial payout of bailout loan money to bankruptcy-threatened Greece. Juncker and other eurozone finance ministers were discussing Europe's financial crisis at an informal meeting in Wroclaw.
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:05P
Philadelphia Orchestra bankruptcy now featuring email probe
The latest development in the Philadelphia Orchestra Association bankruptcy case has bankruptcy lawyers for the American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund sifting through more than 50000 emails in search of extra
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:01P
Dynegy Presses Forward on Debt Restructuring
Power company Dynegy Inc. took the next step in its ambitious debt-restructuring plans that it hopes will save it from bankruptcy, when it announced an exchange offer for some of its bonds late Thursday. However, it's unclear how bondholders will react
Updated: 09/16/2011 01:01P
Lawyer for ex-La. judge faces suspension of law license
AP The board claims attorney Claude Lightfoot Jr. advised then-US District Judge Thomas Porteous and his wife to file a bankruptcy petition using a false or fictitious name to prevent the proceedings from being publicly disclosed.
Updated: 09/16/2011 12:59P
Alabama county official sees deal on $3.14 billion debt
Alabama's most populous county has since 2008 struggled to avoid a bankruptcy over a sewer bond debt that escalated in the mid-2000s through a series of interest and auction rate deals as it sought to refinance the debt. "It looks like we have got down
Updated: 09/16/2011 12:59P
Alabama county official sees deal on $3.14 bln debt
In the absence of a debt deal, declaring bankruptcy has been one of the state's options. Alabama's most populous county has since 2008 struggled to avoid a bankruptcy over a sewer bond debt that escalated in the mid-2000s through a series of interest
Updated: 09/16/2011 12:42P