Judge Rejects Bankruptcy for 2 Hedge Funds
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A federal judge on Thursday denied Bear Stearns bankruptcy protection for two failed hedge funds it managed, but granted the bank 30 days to refile.
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H&R Block Inc.  has failed to win the dismissal of a lawsuit by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accusing it of fraudulently marketing Express IRA retirement accounts that caused hundreds of thousands of mostly lower-income clients to lose money.
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CHICAGO - A federal bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines' amended financing plan Friday, rejecting union arguments that United didn't try hard enough to come up with an alternative that would continue company contributions to employee pension funds.    The hearing came a day after the release of court papers in which United warned it likely will have to terminate those pension funds in order to secure the loans it needs to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
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A U.S. district court judge on Saturday upheld a bankruptcy court order temporarily blocking Russian gas monopoly Gazprom from bidding in the auction of Russian oil giant YUKOS' main production subsidiary.
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In a major setback to the U.S.   Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to regulate the   $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry, a federal appeals court on   Friday tossed out a rule requiring the investment pools to   register with the agency.
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federal judge ruled yesterday against Long-Term Capital Management, the mammoth hedge fund whose collapse in 1998 roiled world markets, finding that the fund acted
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A federal bankruptcy judge in New York yesterday denied Enron Corp.&#39;s request to block a lawsuit by a federal agency seeking to take control of the company&#39;s pension plans.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Enron Corp investors seeking to proceed with a $40 billion class-action lawsuit against investment banks like Merrill Lynch & Co Inc that put together financing deals for the now defunct energy trader.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the financier Ronald O. Perelman, who asked the court to restore a $1.58 billion verdict against the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
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A U.S. district court judge on Saturday  upheld a bankruptcy court order temporarily blocking Russian  gas monopoly Gazprom from bidding in the auction of Russian oil  giant YUKOS' main production subsidiary.
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A U.S. judge rejected motions to  dismiss charges against the main defendants in the BALCO  steroid scandal Tuesday but ordered hearings on whether the  government acted properly in the investigation.
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Financial regulators yesterday rejected calls for more direct oversight of hedge funds and said that the current system for preventing market collapse and widespread investor losses is "working well" in their first policy statement on the issue in eight years.
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The courtâs refusal, eliminated what might have been the investorsâ only hope of recovering money lost when the energy giant collapsed.
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Basis Yield Alpha Fund, a hedge fund specializing in corporate and structured credit, on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States amid mounting losses from U.S. subprime mortgage assets, court papers show.
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CHICAGO - A federal bankruptcy judge has given United Airlines a 30-day "test period" to show it can cooperate with its unions on a restructuring plan, rejecting union calls to open the process up to rival proposals immediately because United has not tried hard enough to preserve employee pensions.    The hearing came a day after the release of court papers in which United warned it "likely" will have to terminate those pension funds in order to secure the loans it needs to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.  has canceled its auction of assets from two troubled Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  hedge funds, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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A federal judge Thursday rejected the federal government's request to block Oracle's  (ORCL) &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft (PSFT), removing a major hurdle to one of the biggest mergers in Silicon Valley history.