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April 12, 2005 Bankruptcy Will Be a Tougher Road, but Few Options Exist Bankruptcy protection will be harder to get under legislation passed by the U.S. Senate, CBS MarketWatch reported. But the

April 11, 2005 House to Consider Bankruptcy Bill on Thursday The House expects to begin debate Thursday on the Senate-passed bankruptcy bill, CongressDaily reported. Despite strong opposition from

April 8, 2005 House to Consider Bankruptcy Bill Next Wednesday The House will not be in session Monday, but will return on Tuesday for a series of votes on the suspension calendar. On Wednesday, the

April 7, 2005 Growth Pace Worldwide Is Expected to Slow in ’05 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicted yesterday that global economic growth would slow significantly in 2005, and

April 6, 2005 Sweeping New Bankruptcy Law to Make Life Harder for Debtors A Wall Street Journal article discusses the bankruptcy bill expected to pass Congress next week. Another article focuses on

April 5, 2005 Supreme Court Rules IRAs Protected in Bankruptcies The Supreme Court ruled yesterday, in Rousey v. Jacoway, (PDF) that creditors may not seize Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) when

April 4, 2005 House to Consider Bankruptcy Bill This Week The Senate-passed bankruptcy bill (S. 256) will be a top agenda item on Wednesday and Thursday this week in the House of Representatives. The

April 1, 2005 March Job Growth Plummets Payroll growth across the country was sluggish in March as employers added just 110,000, the smallest increase since July, the Washington Post reported

March 31, 2005 Personal Income and Spending Show Solid Gains Americans’ incomes, bolstered by strong gains in hiring, rose by 0.3 percent in February while consumer spending climbed at an even faster

March 30, 2005 Economic Growth Brisk as Profits Surged The U.S. economy ended 2004 with brisk momentum on the strongest surge of corporate profits in three years, the government reported today, though