usatoday.com - 9/9/2009
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From January to August, national bankruptcy filings reached 954,911, up from 703,732 in the same period of 2008, according to Automated Access to Court Electronic Records. In August, filings were up 22% compared with August 2008. It is likely that filings will total 1.45 million this year, says ...
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Bankruptcies up 22%, could approach 1.5 million for the year
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... For 2009 so far, bankruptcy filings are skyrocketing. In August, filings were up 22% year-over-year, and Nevada has become taken the dubious honor of leading the nation in bankruptcies (Tennessee is #2). ...
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