Bankruptcy Blogs

11/01/15

You've Been Accepted by Who's_Who

10/31/15

You were recently chosen as a potential candidate to represent your professional community in the 2015 Edition of Who's Who. The premier networking organization for distinguished professionals.


Once finalized, your listing will share registry space with tens-of-thousands of fellow accomplished individuals across the globe, each representing accomplishment within their own geographical area.

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Tired of Dealing with Students' Exams?

10/30/15

Shutterstock_194826680As exam grading season looms, some professors lament.

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Physical Therapy Provider to Injured Fed Workers Files for Bankruptcy

10/30/15

Physical-therapy chain Team Work Ready Inc. filed for bankruptcy after its finances got tangled in a criminal investigation into alleged health-care fraud, tying up roughly $220,000 kept in its bank accounts.

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Company Behind Cooling Sportswear Fabric Is Looking for Buyers

10/30/15

A New Hampshire company that makes sportswear fabric that is woven with a little magic—it turns cold when wet!—is looking for investors who could buy it out of bankruptcy.

Based on inquiries so far from potential bidders, the Nov. 5 auction for Coolcore’s operations could get heated, its lawyer said.

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

10/30/15

Hearings on Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s plan to rework some $42 billion in debt begin next week in a Wilmington, Del., courtroom.

On Tuesday, lawyers for Energy Future will go before Judge Christopher Sontchi to prove that the company’s plan is both fair to creditors and will resolve the financial troubles that triggered its bankruptcy.

The Dallas power giant is pushing to get out of bankruptcy through a combination of deals and debt-for-equity swaps that will divide its business in two.

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Morning Scan: KeyCorp to Buy First Niagara; RushCard Plans Refunds

10/30/15

Breaking News This Morning ...

KeyCorp to Buy First Niagara: KeyCorp announced early Friday that it plans to acquire First Niagara Financial Group for roughly $4.1 billion. The announcement, which was quickly heralded one of the biggest bank mergers of the year, added further fuel to claims that 2015 has been the biggest year for banks since the crisis, the Wall Street Journal writes. The deal capped off a busy week for bank mergers, after New...

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White House Opposes GSE Recap, Homebuyers Suffer

10/30/15

The administration apparently intends to leave office without addressing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's capital bases and therefore the tight credit conditions.

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Is the Person I've Been Dating Right for Me?

10/30/15

No, blog administrator Lawless, this is not spam. Credit scores are related to dating, as Ana Swanson reports in the Washington Post that credit scores are "eerily good at predicting" success in forming a committed relationship. The higher an individual's credit score, the more likely it is that they form a committed relationship and stay in it.

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Energy Future Bondholders Look to Challenge $890 Million Court Defeat

10/30/15

Energy Future Holdings Corp. bondholders are looking to challenge their defeat in an $890 million court fight.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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