Bankruptcy News

Privately-held Synagro Technologies and 29 affiliated Debtors filed for Chapter 11 protection...

School Specialty filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court an Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan and related Disclosure Statement.

Southern Air Holdings, Inc. announced today that its Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization became effective, and the Company emerged from Chapter 11 protection..

K-V Pharmaceutical filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court a Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization and related Disclosure Statement.

Privately-held Yarway filed for Chapter 11 protection...

A123 Systems filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court a First Amended Joint Plan of Liquidation...

Conexant Systems filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court First and Second Modified Joint Plans of Reorganization and related Disclosure Statements for each.

School Specialty filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court an Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization and related Disclosure Statement...

THQ filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court a Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation and related Disclosure Statement.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed Pinnacle Airlines' Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization.

“No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.” ~ George Washington Read More.

The latest banking crisis in Europe, this time in the tiny island nation of Cyprus, shows that the continent has not yet truly solved its financial problems. It has only applied a series of band-aids that have temporarily averted disaster, but have not yet provided a firmer long-term footing for the Euro-bloc. There could be another crisis of confidence at almost any time, with Italy and Spain being the most likely instigators. Read More.

I don’t normally comment on individual stocks in this particular blog, but the MGIC situation represents a basic investment principle that is worthy of discussion here.

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Price-to-Earnings ratios are probably the most widely used tool for comparing the relative values of different stocks.

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This question comes up frequently when the market takes a dip.

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