41.   The Orange County bankruptcy is being handled much more like a high-stakes corporate bankruptcy than a bailout of a troubled government entity.

42.   The number of new corporate bankruptcies has fallen sharply.

43.   The recent increase in corporate bankruptcies will further aggravate the situation, NRI said.

44.   The threats of more corporate bankruptcies and persistent economic difficulties at home are also thwarting their prospects, though the banks forecasted profits for the current fiscal year.

45.   The vagueness of corporate bankruptcy records often makes it difficult to decipher exactly which employee benefit programs were spared.

46.   The stock continued its precipitous slide into virtual worthlessness, and Enron imploded into one of the biggest corporate bankruptcy cases in U.S. business history.

47.   Then last fall, four financial institutions collapsed, leading to a sharp financial crisis, and corporate bankruptcies are now soaring.

48.   This differs from the independent trustees who are appointed by the court to handle corporate bankruptcy cases, and who are working for the people owed money.

49.   Unlike ordinary pension accounts, these executive accounts are not federally protected and thus could, in theory, be wiped out by a corporate bankruptcy.

50.   What people fear the most is losing their health care if they change jobs or get laid off or lose a job because of a corporate bankruptcy.