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Search results for "Chapter 11" ...
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Red Cross Investigation
CBS investigates "widespread mismanagement and fraud" the Red Cross has been grappling with. Based on internal memos and audits, the series reports on how Joseph Lecowitch, head of the New Jersey chapter stole more than one million dollars. Other findings are that many chapters have not remitted their Sept. 11 donations to national headquarters; chapters are dipping into the National Disaster Fund "for unnamed purposes;" blood has been taken from donors who said they tested positive for AIDS or were not properly screened; and suspected transfusion-related diseases are not investigated.
Tags: Elizabeth Dole; lobbying; FDA; safety; health; embezzlement; fraud; charity; 9/11; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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Inside the PSC
Early stories report on "accusations of bias at the state Public Service Commission in Tallahassee by Supra Telecom, Florida's largest alternative local phone company," according to the contest questionnaire. Supra claims the commission has been unfair in handling its corporate dispute with BellSouth. Later stories are about Supra's slide into bankruptcy, and point to questions about the quality of its financial reports.
Tags: deregulation; business; accounting; finances; Chapter 11
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How a Brash Provider Of Internet Services Became Unplugged
Wall Street Journal tells the story of big money and big ambition gone awry in a promising technology start-up.. ICG Communications, a telecommunication upstart that provided Internet services, is heading toward Chapter 11 despite industry titans pouring money into the company. ICG borrowed heavily to grow fast, but could not manage its growth. The CEO, a politically-connected jet-setter, was rarely seen in office during troubled times. His shares valued at $88 million in March, is now worth only $980,000.
Tags: ICG; technology; bankruptcy; internet company
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No title (id: 9948)
Miami Daily Business Review describes how Chapter 11 bankruptcy, designed to allow companies a chance to become solvent, has become useless; lawyers are enriched, companies which should be shut down are kept alive unnecessarily, creditors are constantly stiffed and few companies ever emerge intact, Dec. 3, 1993.
Tags: FL Gibbs 15 pages
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No title (id: 8787)
Time magazine reports on how corporations are using Chapter 11 laws to stiff creditors, leading to a call for Congress to reform the law to stop abuse.
Tags: Greenwald American Bankruptcy Institute Macy's Trans World Airlines Orion Pictures
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No title (id: 7502)
Houston Chronicle looks into Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy laws; lawyers and other bankruptcy professionals receive the lion's share of the funds, while unsecured creditors received less than a penny for every dollar owed, June 3 - 6, 1990.
Tags: TX Sablatura FBI