1.   Each creditor group blames the other for the collapse of talks and neither has indicated a willingness to renegotiate.

2.   Heiman said that creditor group had indicated that it would vote in favor of the merger plan.

3.   It would then be sent to the various creditor groups.

4.   Key to the two reorganization plans are proposed agreements with a major creditor group.

5.   One creditor group has hired heavyweight lobbyists Lloyd Bentsen, former treasury secretary, and Haley Barbour, former Republican National Committee chief.

6.   The creditors group filed suit after its legal advisers and Alex.

7.   The company, now operating in bankruptcy court, agreed last week to split its troubled real estate assets between two creditor groups as part of a debt restructuring.

8.   Moreover, Japanese banks, by far the largest single creditor group, are facing a difficult situation at home with widening premiums reducing roll-overs.