"...Bradley's supposed nuts-and-bolts accounting shortcomings figure centrally in his effort to secure the dismissal of a $75 million debt to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which grew out of the collapse of the savings and loan industry in the late 1980s, and more than $5 million he owes in connection with a long-standing tax fight with the IRS...."

"...Hathaway's transcribed ruling -- played on page one of the Statesman the day after its filing in district court -- jolted Bradley's creditors awake. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., for one, suddenly took a renewed interest in collecting on the developer's debt to U.S..."

"...15, Gary Bradley will turn another year older and deeper in debt. His Chapter 7 bankruptcy lists a number of creditors, but the only true creditors that matter in this case are the biggies -- the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and the IRS...."

"..."It went pretty much as anticipated," Bradley said after the two-hour meeting. His biggest concern, he added, is the $4 million he owes the IRS and the more than $73 million owed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which is trying to collect on unpaid loans secured nearly 20 years ago from the failed Gibraltar Savings Association..."

"...The Business Section: Computer Sciences Corp. has announced its purchase of Virginia-based DynCorp for nearly $1 billion -- a bid to get CSC's fair share of the homeland security pork bag..."

"...Voters in Volente and Webberville will get to decide Feb. 1 whether to incorporate their communities...."

"...bankruptcy judge provides an answer, says Ron Ingalls, the bankruptcy trustee whose role is similar to that of a collection agency for creditors. Bradley's largest debt is owed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., for failed loans he took out to build the Circle C Ranch subdivision in the Eighties..."

"...They accuse the T.A.B. of using undisclosed corporate funding to pay for the ads, a violation of state law..."

"...Council members Will Wynn and Betty Dunkerley released the long-awaited committee reports from their Mayor's Task Force on the Economy on Wednesday -- examining incentives for corporations, small business needs and keeping Austin weird. More details next week...."

"...A bankruptcy judge has set an Aug. 5 trial date for Gary Bradley and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which is trying to collect on $70 million that the Circle C Ranch developer borrowed but never repaid..."

"...The litigation dragged on for five years, until finally, his appeals exhausted, Bradley was left to face a $53 million judgment in favor of First Gibraltar. In 1994, a company called Talex Investments, apparently headed by Bradley's business associate Hamid Noshirvani, bought some of Bradley's defaulted loans from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for $1 million..."

"...HURWITZ GETS SUED BY FDIC. Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) filed a $250 million lawsuit against Charles Hurwitz, the Houston-based CEO of Maxxam Corp., for his role in the failure of United Savings Association of Texas, which costs federal taxpayers some $1.5 billion...."

"...• On Wednesday morning, the Finley Company announced that it will lease the Congress street property that includes Las Manitas Avenue Cafe to White Lodging Services Corp., which plans to develop a multistory hotel. The developers' local representative, Richard Suttle, told restaurant co-owner Cynthia Pérez and Dina Flores of neighboring Escuelita del Alma, "We want to work with you and make something cool happen." See "My Migas, My City."..."