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The Irish Times - Friday, November 11, 2011
This is a scary film of the old school. Echoing corridors hide shadowy secrets. Pseudo-Freudian urges colour the characters' sombre imaginings. For his first feature, Nick Murphy has elected to ape the literary rhythms of haunted house classics such as
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:24P
Huge municipal bankruptcy in US
Jefferson County, Alabama, which filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in US history, faces a hearing next month over whether it can remain under court protection from creditors. The county, whose seat is Birmingham, the state's largest city,
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:22P
John Fleming released from UK bankruptcy
Under both country's systems, a court-appointed trustee takes over the bankrupt's assets and shares them out amongst creditors. Britain does not allow pension funds to be used in bankruptcy, but Irish law does. Both regimes allow the bankrupt to start
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:22P
Missing MF Global money a 'hide and seek ploy' - commissioner
The $593 million shortfall in client money at MF Global Holdings, the broker that filed for bankruptcy on October 31st, appears to result from a “massive hide-and-seek ploy”, according to Bart Chilton, a commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:22P
B.C. bankruptcy numbers on the rise
Bankruptcies are on the rise in BC, with the total number reaching 719 in August, up 10.6 per cent from 650 in July. However, a survey by the country's bankruptcy superintendent also concluded
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:20P
ANALYSIS-Alabama bankruptcy unlikely to spawn other filings
Jefferson County and Harrisburg may set some important precedents in an area of bankruptcy law that so far has had few. Jefferson County and Harrisburg along with Central Falls, Rhode Island, and Boise County, Idaho, have all headed to bankruptcy court
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:19P
Interim Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos (AAP)
Greece has appointed senior banker Lucas Papademos prime minister of an interim unity government that will seek to cement a European debt deal and stave off national bankruptcy. Chosen after four tortuous days of
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:14P
MF Global bankruptcy ties up grain traders' cash
Mastel said when the New York securities dealer went belly up, nearly $10 million of his customers' money was instantly tied up in bankruptcy court. Normally, his customers would use that pool of money to buy and sell grain futures.
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:14P
Birmingham Fears Bankruptcy Taint
Businesses in Birmingham, Ala., worry that a record-setting municipal bankruptcy by their county will scare away companies and chill investments in the state's biggest city, where residents also are bracing for
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:13P
Banker takes the helm and calls for unity to stave off national bankruptcy
Senior banker Lucas Papademos has been appointed prime minister of an interim Greek unity government that seeks to cement a European debt deal and stave off national bankruptcy. Chosen after four days of power-sharing talks, Mr Papa-demos immediately
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:13P
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