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November 8, 2000   Indian Firm to Purchase Telequest A federal bankruptcy judge Friday approved the sale of Telequest Corp. to a company based in India for an estimated $2.5 million-$3 million

November 7, 2000   Fort Mill, S.C.-Based Aircraft Maintenance Firm to File for Bankruptcy American Aircarriers Support Inc. (AAS) announced Friday that it will file for chapter 11 bankruptcy

November 6, 2000   Third Circuit Finds Potential Candidate for Judgeship The U.S. Court of Appeals is considering Kevin J. Carey for possible appointment to the bankruptcy judgeship in the Eastern

November 3, 2000   NuMED Files for Voluntary Chapter 11 Protection NuMED Home Health Care Inc., based in Clearwater, Fla., yesterday announced that it and its eight wholly owned subsidiaries filed

November 2, 2000   Bankruptcy Cloture Vote Defeated With Senators Absent Senate Democrats yesterday blocked a vote on final legislation to overhaul the U.S. bankruptcy system, further dimming the

November 1, 2000   Cloture Vote Planned for Today A cloture vote on the conference report to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000 (H.R. 2415) is scheduled in the Senate today, according to the CQ Daily

October 31, 2000   Lott Files for Cloture Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) filed cloture last night, forcing a vote on the bankruptcy overhaul legislation.  He indicated that he thought all

October 30, 2000   Lott Expected to File Cloture Today Although the Senate voted 87-1 on Friday to proceed to consider the bankruptcy bill, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is expected to

October 27, 2000   Bankruptcy Bill Could Hurt Mentally Disabled As the widening use of plastic has made credit available to thousands of people with mental disabilities, experts say a bankruptcy law

October 26, 2000   House Passes Amended Judicial Housekeeping Bill The House yesterday passed The Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000 (S. 2915). The bill contains a number of “housekeeping” items