ABI Blog Exchange

Cars Owned By Rock & Republic Founder Drive Toward Auction Block

Interested in a luxury car with some history? A rare, vintage Mustang or high-class, high-speed Aston Martin, which have gone from the founder of pricey denim maker Rock & Republic to the center of a bankruptcy-court battle to an auction block, could

Personal Bankruptcy Filings Down This Year

Recently released data show that consumer bankruptcy filings in the first half of 2011 fell by eight percent compared with the first half of 2010. The numbers, reported by the American Bankruptcy Institute, paint a potentially hopeful picture for the

New Bankruptcy Judge Appointed in Charlotte NC

Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of North Carolina will have a new judge soon. The Honorable George R. Hodges announced his retirement for November 2011, and after an extensive search it was announced that Laura Turner Byer will succeed him

Secured Lenders Thrown A Lifeline? The Seventh Circuit Protects Secured Lenders’ Right to Credit Bid

In a decision that likely will please secured lenders and make a debtor think twice before proposing a plan that prohibits credit bidding, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in River Road Hotel Partners, LLC v

The Daily Docket: Freddie Balks At $1.6B Taylor Bean, BofA Deal

Freddie Mac is seeking to put the brakes on a recently proposed $1.6 billion settlement involving the bankruptcy estate of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and Bank of America over assets tangled up in the massive fraud at the disgraced

E-mail Deluge Makes Work Tough: Use These Tips from Seth Godin

One lesson learned from technology is this: technology is all about fewer people doing more. Lesson #2 is this corollary: e-mail will kill us all. (It is killing me.) So, dealing with e-mail should be a top priority in your personal toolbox - Manage

Deadline for Creditors of Perkins & Marie Callender's Restaurant Companies to File Proofs of Claim Set

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Set Capital Levels That Won't Wipe Out Banks' Thin Profit Margins

Raising capital requirements too high will push banks to take greater risks or function as utilities.

Debt ceiling debacle a matter of semantics?

Cut through the political ruckus to see what's proposed, what it means and who supports it.