News Topic: Analysis

An oil-pumping unit, also known as a “nodding donkey” or pumping jack, operates at a drilling site. Restructuring professionals believe the majority of their work will be led by commodities-related companies as demand falls and prices across sectors ... Read full article

Federal Reserve Bank Chair Janet Yellen held a news conference Wednesday in Washington, where she announced that the Fed will raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2008. ... Read full article

Children’s tablet-maker Fuhu Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday with a tentative deal to be acquired by Mattel Inc. for $9.5 million. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

The paperwork that people and businesses have used to file for bankruptcy protection since the 1980s is being replaced on Dec. 1 with forms that have clearer, easier-to-understand instructions and that’s…bad? ... Read full article

More than half the major U.S. retailers that have for filed bankruptcy since 2005 ultimately shut down, according to a study from AlixPartners advisory firm. The authors found roughly 55% of bankrupt retailers never reopened and compared that rate with a ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. launched a bid to exit bankruptcy that focuses on a deal over its Oncor business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Rapper 50 Cent (R), whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, exited a New York couurthouse last month after testifying in a sex tape lawsuit. ... Read full article