Bankruptcy Figures

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former NFL star Warren Sapp, some of America's biggest banks and tax collectors from Florida to Rhode Island are laying claim to a piece of the collapsed empire of disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein, who is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to operating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

NEW YORK - A former bank director built himself a financial fiefdom out of automotive-chemical companies, then plundered it through a series of stock frauds that let him live lavishly even though he'd declared bankruptcy, prosecutors said Tuesday.

CHICAGO - Two former executives of the bankrupt health care company Canopy Financial Inc.

DALLAS - A federal judge said Thursday he will try to rule this month on whether to put jailed Texas financier R.

Consumers are squeezed as inflation outpaces wages WASHINGTON (AP) - The notion that consumers will help lead the economic rebound received a stark rebuttal Friday: The spending power of American families is being squeezed.