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To: Lucretius who wrote (3349)	7/12/2000 12:45:56 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

of course it is. and so is this: <<The robust economy is not strong enough for the soaring number of companies filing for bankruptcy protection. Through late June, 83 publicly held companies sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, vs. 145 for all of 1999, says industry tracker BankruptcyData.com. At that pace, 2000 will be a record year for publicly held companies filing for protection. Filings for private and public companies rose 26% to 10,071 for the U.S. Courts' fiscal year ended March 31, the first rise since 1993. >>