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S&P 1500? Really? Interview with Hedge Fund Manager James Altucher

Pulitzer Prize Winner Dan Yergin on Energy 2.0

What If My Assets are Not All Exempt?

The majority of Chapter 7 bankruptcies in most jurisdictions end up being no-asset cases. This means that all the debtor’s assets are exempt. In such a case there are no assets for the trustee to administer and distribute to creditors. An exempt

Should buyer get her own appraisal?

Hiring an appraiser before making an offer on a house has its benefits.

Choosing between auto loans and rebates

Buying a car without good credit? You may need to decide between an auto loan and a dealer rebate.

U.K's Contingent Capital Promise Is Empty

There was widespread speculation the U.K.'s Independent Commission on Banking would create at large market for contingent capital securities. But its recently released final version of the Vicker's report does no such thing.

Dallas Stars Lost Nearly $100M In 3 Years Before Bankruptcy

Reuters The Dallas Stars hockey team was hemorrhaging cash in the years leading up to Thursday’s bankruptcy filing. Over the past three years, the Stars lost $91.5 million and are projected to lose another $31 million during the season that starts

Believing Pain and Fear Outside

But this whole living will thing actually has a way to go -- my latest Dealbook column, up now.

NewPage - A Good Old Fashioned Free-Fall Chapter 11 Case

Last week’s Chapter 11 filing by NewPage Corporation, a company with assets and liabilities in the billions of dollars, stands as a relative rarity in the current restructuring environment. Running contrary to the “ new normal” in larger

Break Out of the Branch-Based Mindset

Spending heavily on branches implies trying to spread branch costs over as many customers and products as possible - rather than spending incrementally on other marketing channels.

The Broke and the Beautiful: Hockey Edition

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the NHL’s Dallas Stars slide into bankruptcy, the New Jersey Devils are refinancing debt, and a Denver media personality tunes in to Chapter 7. Associated Press During a 2010 game, Dallas Stars player Karlis

Ohio Man Charged With Defrauding Fellow Amish

"An Ohio man has been charged with defrauding fellow Amish out of nearly $17 million by moving their money from safer securities to riskier investments subject to market fluctuations, federal prosecutors said Thursday...The indictment said nearly 2

Companies Get Hit With New Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits

As previously posted on June 24, several derivative lawsuits have been filed against companies that have failed their "say-on-pay" votes. The lawsuits seek a recovery for alleged excessive executive compensation. Earlier this month, Dex One

Companies Get Hit With New Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits

As previously posted on June 24, several derivative lawsuits have been filed against companies that have failed their "say-on-pay" votes. The lawsuits seek a recovery for alleged excessive executive compensation. Earlier this month, Dex One

Where Were You When Terror Struck on 9/11? It Was Tuesday—MLS Day in Dallas. Did 9/11 Jump-Start the Real Estate Market?

Had lunch with the fine, fine folks at Keller Williams Elite Park Cities the other day: Stevie Chaddick, Linda Carothers, Philip Walker, Jane Idzie and Vicki Foster. Like everyone in America, we talked about what we were doing the moment we learned

N.Y. Rangers Owed $2M For Dallas Stars’ ‘Sloppy Seconds’

Getty Images Sean Avery When the New York Rangers picked up Sean Avery off waivers in 2009, they got more than the NHL’s “most hated player.” They also got a $2 million claim against the Dallas Stars in the team’s Chapter 11 case. In court filings

Call for Papers: Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services Section

There is still time to submit for this Call for Papers -- the extended window is closing on September 20. In addition to the Call for Papers, the section program at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Law Schools features a talk by

Conference on the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone

If you happen to be in Reykjavik or thereabouts in early October--or scouting the web for papers putting Europe in perspective-- this looks like a wonderful conference, not least for bringing economists, finance, policy, and legal types together in

Bankruptcy Glossary: The Bankruptcy “Code”

The US Bankruptcy “Code” is the informal name used by lawyers and judges to describe the sections of federal law that govern the bankruptcy process. Regardless of whether the case is a chapter 7, 9, 11, 12 or 13 bankruptcy, the entire statutory text

Dallas Stars To File Prepackaged Bankruptcy

The Dallas Stars hockey team intends to sell their team in bankruptcy for a reported $230 million. The proposed bankruptcy sale will include an auction with Canadian businessman Tom Gaglarid as the favored bidder despite the opportunity for other