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  October 6, 2009 Frank Urges Using $2 Billion Repaid to TARP on Foreclosure Aid House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said yesterday that he plans to introduce

  October 5, 2009 Labor Department Seeks Exemption for Chrysler Health Care Plan The Labor Department said Friday that it was seeking an exemption to facilitate Chrysler's move under bankruptcy

  October 2, 2009 Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.8 Percent in September The U.S. Labor Department reported today that the American economy lost 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose

  October 1, 2009 Bernanke Calls for Council of Financial Regulators Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is prepared to testify before Congress today that a council of U.S. regulators -- rather than

  September 30, 2009 Fifth Circuit Revises Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Following an appeal by the Bank of New York and certain noteholders, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday

  September 29, 2009 FairPoint Talks with Lenders about Restructuring Plan FairPoint Communications Inc. said that it is in talks with lenders for a restructuring plan, which could require the rural

  September 28, 2009 $35 Billion Slated for Local Housing The Obama administration is close to committing as much as $35 billion to help beleaguered state and local housing agencies continue to

  September 25, 2009 Semgroup's Disclosure Statement Approved Semgroup cleared a key hurdle in its plan to emerge from bankruptcy this year, although the judge warned the company that questions

  September 24, 2009 House Democrats Seek to Ease Student-Loan Bankruptcy Rules Democratic lawmakers said at a hearing yesterday that they will push proposals to make it easier for bankrupt borrowers

  September 23, 2009 House Hearings Examine Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy, Financial Regulatory Reform The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a