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Vasily Konoplyov was just an observer at Moscow's Basmanny District Court on Friday, but his emotions ran high. With his arms crossed tightly around his chest, he let his anger escape in small huffs and whispers as Russky Standart bank made its case. .
Transcript of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Remarks to the ...
SEC. MIKE JOHANNS: Let me just tell you I've always appreciated the opportunity to talk about a topic that is getting so much attention these days, and that's the topic of renewable energy. You are here, I suspect, because you share with me the belief that there's an extraordinary potential for renewable fuels. I believe that. I can tell you that our President believes that. He has spoken about it publicly, and I can tell you in the meetings I've had with him privately the enthusiasm is the same. In his State of the Union Address, the President set a national goal of raising our annual production of renewable fuels to 35 billion gallons over the next 10 years. He has also tasked us with reducing our annual consumption of gasoline by 20 billion gallons. Ambitious goals. I believe that cutting fossil fuel use and boosting renewable fuel production are both vital goals for the good of our nation, for a whole host of reasons.
Bankruptcy filings are coming back
When the federal bankruptcy law was tightened in October 2005, many people feared that the relief from crushing debt that bankruptcy is supposed to provide would be badly compromised. But today, two facts are clear. Far fewer people are filing, less than half the previous number. And the law still works for those in the direst circumstances. Judy and Henry Vandemark of Highland have been there. Late last year, they started talking to a bankruptcy attorney after falling behind on a personal loan from a finance company, Beneficial Finance. Efforts to work out a repayment plan they could afford failed, they said. "They wouldn't give an inch," Henry Vandemark said. "Even when we first discussed it with the lawyer why we wanted to go to bankruptcy, our lawyer contacted their lawyer ...
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