On Tuesday, Suntech said it had obtained a court order freezing the assets of GSF.

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The SEC also got a federal court order temporarily freezing the assets of the pair, William A. Goldstein and Marc E.

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Since then, the firm has been among the most active in the case, winning a court order Nov. 2 freezing Bennett's assets.

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During the 1990s companies placed a greater emphasis on non-regular workers, often reducing or freezing the hiring of regular workers, in order to reduce costs.

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