October U.S. Bankruptcy Filings Rise 20 Percent From September
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Business and individual bankruptcy filings in the U.S. in October increased 20 percent over September and 37 percent above the same month in 2006, according to Mike Bickford, president of Oklahoma City-based Jupiter eSource LLC's. Filings are headed for a total of 824,000 for 2007, a 40 percent increase over 2006 as a whole, according to Bickford's provider of bankruptcy data management services, known as Automated Access to Court Electronic Records. |


