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Forgiveness, for Some In response to the housing crisis and a still shaky economy, Congress is making changes to the tax code. One such revision is an amendment that helps millions of home sellers who owe more on their mortgages than their dwellings are worth |
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Cash Flow Tips Pin your hopes to these new revenue streams. |
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Cover Your Assets Lenders holding commercial real estate-secured loans want to ensure that, if a borrower goes bankrupt, the collateral property will not be consolidated with the borrower's other assets. But borrowers can use bankruptcy-remote single-purpose entities to ease such fears. |
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Mastering the Turnaround What it really takes to survive a corporate bankruptcy. |
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Corporate Restructuring in East Asia: Promoting Best Practices A number of East Asian corporations, saddled with debt, nearly collapsed during the financial crisis of 1997. Many have managed to avoid both repayment and restructuring, however, and remain overly indebted and invested in unprofitable businesses... |
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Ready for the Re Lender restraint helps keep markets stable. |
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Dwayne E. Toler |
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Essa & Hoskote |
Fast Funding Asset-based financing provides quicker access to securing loans. |
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John Adams |
DoJ's Open Season on Subprime The Department of Justice is suing Countrywide over allegations of abuse in bankruptcy and foreclosure processes |
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Midsize Is Now a Fit for SBA By utilizing new SBA options offered through legislation redefining small business, banks can help small and midsize businesses benefit from better access to credit. |
