Bankruptcy Blogs

F-Squared Investments Inc., an investment firm that failed earlier this year following a dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is hoping to move closer to wrapping up its bankruptcy case.

On Monday, F-Squared will ask Judge Laurie Silverstein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., to authorize it to put its plan to repay its debts to a creditor vote.

Energy Future Holdings Corp. won confirmation Thursday of its $42 billion chapter 11 plan after lining up support for the proposal from its numerous creditors, Daily Bankruptcy Review reported via the Wall Street Journal. A bankruptcy judge approved the plan after Energy Future, the Texas power company formerly known as TXU Corp., piled up settlement after settlement, quieting the acrimony that had marked the chapter 11 proceeding since its start in April 2014.

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Employment Report: Just moments after the November payroll numbers came out Friday, observers noted the Federal Reserve should now have enough ammunition to raise interest rates. The U.S. added 211,000 jobs in November, and October's already stellar payroll figure was revised upward to 298,000 from 271,000, the Wall Street Journal reports. September also received an upward revision to 145,000 from 137,000. The unemployment rate stayed at 5% in November, which the...

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