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  August 15, 2008 PBGC Pressures Delphi Over Pension Obligations The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is trying to force Delphi to transfer more than $1.5 billion of unfunded pension obligations to

  August 14, 2008 U.S. Trustee Calls for Probe in SemGroup's Chapter 11 Case Acting U.S. Trustee Roberta A. DeAngelis called for a probe of possible fraud in the trading strategy of SemGroup LP, the

  August 12, 2008 Survey: Banks Broadly Tighten Lending Standards in July A Federal Reserve survey released yesterday showed that banks in the United States have further tightened lending standards in

August 8, 2011 Total U.S. Bankruptcies in First Half of 2011 Down 8 Percent over First Half of 2010 The total number of U.S. bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2011 dropped 8 percent

  August 8, 2008 Consumer Credit Increases Sharply in June U.S. consumer credit expanded at the fastest rate in seven months in June as Americans turned to credit cards and consumer loans to maintain

  August 7, 2008 Analysis: Mortgages Issued in 2007 Entering Delinquency at a Rapid Pace Mortgages issued in the first part of 2007 are going bad at a pace that far outstrips the 2006 vintage

  August 6, 2008 Freddie Mac Posts Large Second Quarter Loss Freddie Mac posted a second-quarter loss as it booked $2.5 billion in credit-loss provisions and wrote down the value of $1 billion in

  August 5, 2008 July Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Increase 48 Percent over Previous Year U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings increased 48 percent nationwide in July from the same period a year ago

  August 5, 2008 July Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Increase 48 Percent over Previous Year U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings increased 48 percent nationwide in July from the same period a year ago

  August 1, 2008 House Panel Approves Legislation to Curb Credit Card Practices The House Financial Services Committee put the credit card industry on the defensive yesterday after it approved