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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
As a part of formal credit counseling services between debtors and certified counseling organizations, debtors will have to enter into a debt management plan (DMP). Rather than loose guidelines, a DMP ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
If you have made the decision or are considering the decision of filing for bankruptcy, there is important information you must know about credit counseling and debt education programs. Depending on ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is another type of debt management, and it is done by consolidating your debt into one reasonable payment under the protection of bankruptcy and protection from the ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Debt consolidation is a way to make your many different debts become one, therefore allowing you to be responsible for just one payment a month instead of say, ten different debt bills. As with every ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
You are not alone, so many people have lost their jobs over the past few years because of the recession, and finding new employment is quite difficult to come by. You have been an honest worker, and ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
It is not unheard of for people to make their decisions based on how something will affect the economy, whether this means investing here or buying there, we are in a circle of life economy, and ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
John L. Smith is an Arkansas coach who may have gotten in a little over his head with an investment group along with five other people. According to USA Today, he filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
General Motors was dealing with deep financial struggles and they received a federal bailout that was approved by Barak Obama in 2009, an act that he claims was one of his first achievements as ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Choosing to take the step of filing for bankruptcy can be a frightening experience for some, and yet it is an effective way for an individual to fight off their debt. While a person is under ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Japan Airlines was forced into bankruptcy and in 2010 Kazuo Inamori became the new chair of the company who was struggling in the bankrupt state. Even as the new chairman of the company, he boldly ...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Bankruptcy can be a difficult decision to make for any individual, it requires a person to realize that they have come to the place where they are no longer in control of their debt, and there is no ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
There is a lot going on in the world of air travel, and American Airlines is trying to continue to climb their way out of debt with the protection of their recent bankruptcy filing. In the crazy ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Swallowing the pill of bankruptcy can be a lot for anyone to handle, especially if they have no idea what it really means. Unfortunately, many people avoid the route of bankruptcy for that very ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Due to falling production and an inevitable $89 million interest payment, ATP has chosen to arrange a $700 million revolving credit facility, and will then file for bankruptcy. According to Bloomberg ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
After you file for bankruptcy, there is a waiting period where several things can happen. According to financial planner Kevin Bourke, there is always a lapse of time after a bankruptcy discharge ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
The federal emergency officials in Texas have been planning for Hurricane Isaac, which is slowly creeping towards the East Coast. The Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has already placed all state and ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Have you ever wondered which towns make the most money in the United States? According to the research at CNN Bethesda, Maryland is one of the top-earning towns in the nation. Households here boast an ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Are you uncomfortable telling your friends and family about your financial situation? Maybe you have been hiding your struggles for months or years, and pretending that you are in a financially sound ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Bankruptcy schedules are crucial documents that will be very important when you file for financial protection from creditors. They are essentially the backbone of your bankruptcy petition, and will ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
If you are retired, you probably rely on your Social Security income to live. Yet the size of your Social Security payments will vary depending on how much you earn while you are working and when you ...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
If you are currently searching for a job and not having an easy time getting interviews, it may be because your resume isn’t enough. When you are desperate for employment, you need to pull out ...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Recently, press has been pointing at California because of the many the Chapter 9 city bankruptcies that are going on there. Yet a recent article by the Bloomberg BusinessWeek alleges that Nebraska is ...
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Posted on Aug 8, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Some people give all they can to see their child succeed. That fact is true for the mother of Gabby Douglas, the recently decorated gold medal gymnast from the USA Olympics. Court records show that ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
In the bankruptcy arena, many have heard that they can get rid of their debt if they file for a specific chapter of bankruptcy. The legal terminology for this would be “ bankruptcy discharge ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
Filing for bankruptcy can be a hard decision for an individual to make. Unfortunately many people have heard so many myths about bankruptcy, that it keeps them from making the next vital step towards ...
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