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Outspoken Individual Surety Files for Bankruptcy Protection

ENR Construction

Scarborough''s bankruptcy filing provides a snapshot of his financial dealings, amounts owed to creditors and his personal property. Business Management'

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Turbocharging Motown’s Recovery

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A few hours after the pixels for that post were hatched, Detroit announced it had become the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection. This summer, a federal judge will decide whether to approve a plan that would allow the city to exit bankruptcy court by mid-October.

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International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact On The Global Economy

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Charlie Lightfoot, Co-chair of International Arbitration Practices and Managing Partner, Jenner & Block, London. The economic hardships that have resulted have exposed many businesses to financial strain and led to an increased number of high-profile insolvencies and bankruptcies. Gene Burd, Partner, FisherBroyles, Washington.

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Can We Make Home Building a Little Less ‘Interesting?’

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I’ve written a great deal over the years about how to achieve this, even in today’s zero-sum game of severe trade shortages. Some might cite the recently announced bankruptcy of high-tech building company Katerra as just one more sad story in this long, disappointing history, having blown through $2.4 Business Management.

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Scam Artists Are Calling Contractors Claiming To Be From The IRS

Contractor Bookkeeping

For the reasons outlined above some construction company owners have a nagging concern about when they will be found out and be faced with major fines, penalties and possible bankruptcy and in a few cases prison sentences. Let the Universe deal with them, without you getting in the middle of that either! Need Help Now?

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Inverted Pyramid

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Perhaps the most pro-active move to date has come from Shirley Turner, a New Jersey state senator, who has proposed legislation that would forbid NJ’s state pension board from investing in companies that are involved in inversion deals. Some our favorite red-blooded capitalists surprisingly have joined the anti-inversion bandwagon.

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Phantom Payouts

Business Facilities

Many locations adhere to statutory incentives, with legally mandated conditions, and avoid discretionary incentives, which are negotiated for a particular deal. And how did the financially strapped Times Co, manage to finance its dazzling new tower?

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