Money Pains

Canada’s Industry Minister says the government is willing to negotiate an aid deal with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC past an end-of-March deadline, adding Ottawa has looked at ‘Plan B’ scenarios in the event one of them goes bankrupt.

How many celebrities does it take to bake a batch of cupcakes? “The Celebrity Apprentice”

The bankrupt ethanol plant in Oswego County announces it will lay off workers next week.

You know that $25 Ann Arbor Gold certificate you won at the office holiday party or received for your birthday? You’ve redeemed it by now, right? No?

The January bankruptcy filing by LyondellBasell Industries will be stretching the already tight budgets of education districts in Pasadena and Deer Park, according to officials at Pasadena ISD, Deer Park ISD and the San Jacinto College District.

Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club will have its golf course open this year, as the housing development plans to emerge from a nearly three-year bankruptcy.

Feb. 28 — Lyondell Chemical Co. won approval of an $8 billion bankruptcy loan, the largest in history, after changes were made in response to creditors’ concerns that prior terms could cause the company to default.

Feb. 28 — Lyondell Chemical Co. won approval of an $8 billion bankruptcy loan, the largest in history, after changes were made in response to creditors’ concerns that prior terms could cause the company to default.

BOSTON – Bankruptcy filings among publicly traded companies surged 74 percent in 2008, according to data from BankruptcyData.com , a division of New Generation Research Inc.

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