1.   Levy wrote a letter to creditors earlier this month threatening legal action and asking creditors for assurances that they would not proceed with the Slovenia restructuring.

2.   Long-Term Credit Bank has emerged as the largest creditor of several firms that have recently gone bankrupt or asked their creditors for substantial debt forgiveness.

3.   Now TWA wants to ask its creditors for relief.

4.   The Darts objected to the restructuring because Brazil asked its creditors to choose among six types of bonds in exchange for their old debt.

5.   Viasa, as the airline is known, will also ask creditors for a moratorium on making debt payments while its assets are sold.

6.   He promised to ask international creditors for sympathy, sounding confident despite the risk that substantial foreign borrowing could be more difficult for years to come.