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A federal bankruptcy judge has at least temporarily blocked a proposed $20 million severance payment for the CEO of American Airlines as part of the company's merger with US Airways. The judge ruled Thursday that the proposed payment to CEO Tom Horton exceeded limits that Congress set for bankruptcy cases in 2005.

The subject of CEO compensation looks like it will get time under the microscope in American Airlines' Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The U.S. trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case of American parent AMR has filed an objection to the $19.8 million severance package that current CEO Tom Horton is set to get when he leaves the company next year, according to Reuters. Also included in the objection are severance and retention payments slated for other company employees.

The Feds arrested Peregrine CEO Russell Wasendorf, Sr. who attempted suicide four days ago after his brokerage went bankrupt losing $215 million in client assets.

He set out to create a mini-Goldman Sachs. In the end, he built a mini-Lehman Brothers. Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's resignation Friday from the securities firm he led capped a week of high drama and swift failure. Less than a week ago, Corzine had expected to sell his firm, MF Global. By week's end, it had collapsed into bankruptcy. And Corzine had hired a criminal defense lawyer in the face of an investigation of the firm by the FBI and federal prosecutors.

Michael Conway was the founder and CEO of National Airlines. The mission of the airline was to bring tourists to Las Vegas, to visit their money I suppose. The airline started service in 1999, but was never profitable. In December 2000 it went into Chapter 11.

Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels resigned Friday amid tales of raunchy behavior as one of America's biggest media companies looked to shift attention back to its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Hours later, the company filed its latest reorganization plan in court.

A state judge on Thursday ordered former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy to pay nearly $2.9 billion to shareholders who sued over a massive accounting fraud that nearly sent the rehabilitation chain into bankruptcy.

CEO Fritz Henderson calls the move 'a defining moment' in the company's reinvention. In trading, shares of GM dropped 28%. Meanwhile, Chrysler takes another step toward emerging from bankruptcy.

Robert Nardelli, Chrysler's departing chairman and chief executive, said he expects the sale of the bulk of Chrysler's assets to a group headed by Italy's Fiat Group SpA to close Friday, assuming the judge overseeing the automaker's bankruptcy protection case approves the deal.

Under bankruptcy plan government is preparing, Fiat management would take control, sources say.