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What is a short sale? Five things you need to know.
For many Americans faced with foreclosure and, possibly, bankruptcy, a better option is often a short sale. Short sales, which are up 10 percent from the same period last year, according to RealtyTrac, are becoming an increasingly popular way to deal
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:19A
How Sean Quinn ended up bankrupt
The personal bankruptcy laws in the Republic are onerous - it typically takes 12 years to be discharged from bankruptcy, though in some cases it can be five. In the Republic you will also lose your pension. As a result there are a tiny number of
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:19A
Insight: Risk, lax oversight riddle MF Global's past (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long before the brokerage firm MF Global collapsed into bankruptcy and prompted a frantic search for missing customer money, the company had already established a checkered history. An analysis of regulatory enforcement actions
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:18A
Ireland's Ex-Richest Man Declared Bankrupt
Mr Quinn said he had done everything to avoid bankruptcy, which was declared at the High Court in Belfast. "I was born, reared and worked all my life in Co Fermanagh. It is for this reason that my bankruptcy application was made today in Northern
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:16A
IN RE RAMIREZ
In accordance with the District Court's judgment, the Bankruptcy Court awards $901005.00 in exemplary damages against Anita and Leonardo Ramirez ("Ramirezes"), $901005.00 in exemplary damages against Anita Garza, and $450502.50 in exemplary damages
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:15A
IN RE EQUIPMENT FINDERS, INC.
Pending before the Court are the Motions for Withdrawal of Reference of Adversary Proceedings filed by Defendants Fireman's Fund Insurance Company ("Fireman's Fund") (Docket No. 1) and Commercial Insurance Associates, LLC ("Commercial") (Docket No.
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:15A
IN RE HUGGINS
This case is before the court on the Motion to Compromise and Settle Claim of R. Ellsworth McKee that was filed on August 26, 2011, by Mr. McKee and Douglas R. Johnson, as trustee of the debtor's chapter 7 bankruptcy estate.
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:15A
IN RE ANTONELLI
"[A]llowing the bankruptcy judge to settle both the dischargeability of the debt and the amount of the money judgment accords with the rule generally followed by courts of equity that having jurisdiction of the parties to controversies brought before
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:15A
IN RE ORTIZ
This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties pursuant to 28 USC §§ 1334 and 157(a) and the General Order of referral of Title 11 Proceedings to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico dated July 19,
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:15A
IN RE COASTAL PLAINS PORK, LLC
Therefore, the judgment of the Bankruptcy Court was vacated, and the matter was remanded to the Bankruptcy Court for entry of judgment consistent with the order entered by the US District Court. On September 20, 2011, this Court entered an order
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:15A