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Don Logan: JeffCo bankruptcy, immigration law 'shooting self in foot'
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Don Logan, the retired Time Inc. CEO who has purchased the Birmingham Barons and bought and moved BASS and Seek Publishing to Birmingham said the $4.23 billion Jefferson County bankruptcy and the state's immigration law are black
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:30P
Energy Dept. offered to put private investors ahead of taxpayers if Solyndra
7, 2010 email from Steve Mitchell, the managing director of Argonaut Private Equity, Solyndra's top financial investor, and addressed to “George.” Argonaut's founder is George Kaiser, an Oklahoma oil billionaire who bundled campaign contributions for
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:27P
Fresh call to limit use of futures customer funds
The broker's bankruptcy filing last month left behind a $600m shortfall in safeguarded customer accounts that has hampered transfers of trading positions and tarnished the US futures market. The debacle has revived calls for stronger broker oversight,
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:26P
Rep. Spencer Bachus sides with Jefferson County Commission, wants sewer system
But now the county is asking the bankruptcy judge to remove him from control so it can work out a payment plan with its creditors. Bachus, in his first comments since the county filed for bankruptcy, said it's possible that Jefferson County will be
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:23P
Bankrupt company owes millions to RI, Conn.
By: AP A company that supervised the botched Interstate 84 highway widening project in Waterbury, Conn., is seeking bankruptcy protection, listing the Connecticut Department of Transportation as its largest creditor. The Maguire Group's petition,
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:15P
MF Global Trustee Targets Distributions Beyond $520 Million
US Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in Manhattan will hold a hearing tomorrow on whether Giddens can transfer about $520 million in collateral to commodity customers whose accounts consisted solely of cash on Oct. 31, when the parent company filed for
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:15P
Sen. Roberts calls for release of frozen MF Global margin account funds
called on the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the exchanges, and the bankruptcy trustee to work together to release frozen MF Global margin account funds to customers as soon as possible. More than two weeks after MF Global filed for
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:08P
Schmuck-face sues Fox Sports
It's a tough call, perhaps made tougher with this morning's lawsuit against Fox Sports. Owner Frank McCourt accuses the TV network of trying "interfere with the sale of the Dodgers and their assets in bankruptcy." This all stems from McCourt looking to
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:06P
Statistics Reported to Morgan Drexen Statistics Confirm Slow Economic Improvement
Morgan Drexen CEO Walter Ledda admits that the economy is showing conflicting signs of improvement as bankruptcy filings are down yet poverty rates are rising. The 12-month period ending September 2010 showed bankruptcy filings at 1596355 compared to
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:06P
Firm involved in I-84 debacle files for bankruptcy
ROCKY HILL (AP) -- A company that supervised the botched Interstate 84 highway widening project in Waterbury is seeking bankruptcy protection, listing the Connecticut Department of Transportation as its largest creditor. The Maguire Group's petition,
Updated: 11/16/2011 03:05P
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