FIRM TRIES TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY.(BUSINESS)

Byline: -- Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. -- Williams Communications Group, which faces a deadline Friday to restructure its nearly $6 billion debt, hopes to avoid joining a string of its competitors in bankruptcy court. It won't be easy. ``When you look at their financial state and what's happening with the creditors it's becoming harder and harder for them to avoid bankruptcy,'' said Peter Cohan, the author of ``e-Stocks'' and a high-tech industry expert.

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