Daily Docket

Patriot Coal Approved to Poll Creditors on Chapter 11 Plan

08/19/15

Patriot Coal Corp. will soon be able to poll creditors on its chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports.

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Remaining Patriot Coal Mines to Be Sold

08/18/15

Patriot Coal Corp. reached a new deal to sell two West Virginia mines that will relieve it of $400 million in debt.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Altegrity Wins Restructuring Plan Approval

08/17/15

Altegrity Inc., which became known after National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was vetted by one of its units, won approval of its chapter 11 plan.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bill Gates’s Optim Energy Settles With Blackstone

08/14/15

Optim Energy LLC will pay Blackstone Group LP $5 million to settle their fight in the Texas power-plant operator’s bankruptcy case in exchange for Blackstone dropping its appeal of Optim’s court-approved plan to exit bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Report story in The Wall Street Journal.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Transportation Head

08/13/15
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx testifies before Congress in March 2014. 
Associated Press

A bankruptcy trustee sued U.S.

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Energy Future Faces Criticism on Bankruptcy Plan

08/12/15

Energy Future Holdings Corp. faced criticism from creditors Tuesday on its bankruptcy-exit plan. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Energy Future Debuts Bankruptcy-Exit Plan

08/10/15

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.

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A&P Faces Opposition on Plan to Quickly Sell and Close Stores

08/07/15

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is opposing Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.’s plan to quickly sell and close a number of its stores, and so are some landlords. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Patriot Mine Workers Challenge Company Over Contract

08/06/15

The union representing mineworkers at Patriot Coal Corp. is challenging the company’s effort to reject a contract. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Alpha Natural Resources Can Tap Bankruptcy Loan

08/05/15
A Komatsu Ltd. bulldozer dumps coal onto a pile at the Brooks Run Mining Co., owned by Alpha Natural Resources Inc., in Cucumber, W.Va., in January 2011.
Jon C.
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