bankruptcy

Hostess, the manufacturer of confectionery delights such as Twinkies, HoHos, and Wonder Bread, is shutting down its plants and firing about 18,500 workers after it was unable to make a deal with the unions: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578122632560842670.html Who will...

I was just wondering something, if Steven Hawking was an american would he have been able to be successful with all his health problems, or would be have been crushed by debt?

The coverage I have seen in the media about the new bankruptcy law in the US doesn't make any sense. I wish I had kept yesterday's Detroit Free Press which had an article about it, because it was a great illustration of the problem. Since I didn't keep it, I'll have to quote from memory: "The...