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LightSquared Files For Bankruptcy Protection - NPR News

05/15/12

LightSquared, which had been trying for years to build a high-speed wireless broadband network, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company's plans ran afoul of government regulators who said the new network would interfere with GPS signals.

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LightSquared Files Bankruptcy After Wireless Network Blocked - San Francisco Gate

05/15/12

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- LightSquared Inc. filed for bankruptcy, saying it will seek to resolve the concerns of U.S. regulators who thwarted the company's plan to deliver high-speed wireless to as many as 260 million people. LightSquared ...

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Lightsquared to push forward with satellite venture after declaring bankruptcy - GlobalPost

05/15/12

Lightsquared, a 4G satellite network start-up, has said that despite its bankruptcy filing on Monday, it will continue to press the Federal Communications Commission to approve its wireless airwave licenses, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

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Fitch cuts ResCap long-term issuer default rating - Yahoo Finance

05/15/12

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fitch Ratings lowered the long-term issuer default ratings for Residential Capital on Tuesday, a day after Ally Financial's troubled mortgage business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Residential Capital, or ResCap ...

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Ally not looking to sell U.S. auto lending: CEO - msnbc.com

05/15/12

Ally, the former in-house financing arm for General Motors Co , on Monday announced plans to sell some international operations at the same time that its Residential Capital mortgage unit filed for bankruptcy protection. Monday's actions give Detroit ...

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Bankruptcy Judge Denies Hostess' Motion To Reject Teamster Contracts - YAHOO!

05/15/12

(Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO) "We told our Hostess members all along that we would vigorously oppose the imposition of unjust working conditions since Hostess first filed bankruptcy and we have done just that," said ...

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LightSquared pledges to push forward after bankruptcy filing - Washington Post

05/15/12

LightSquared said in its bankruptcy filing Monday, it will continue to try to win over the Federal Communications Commission to get its satellite venture up and running — a process that can take up to two years. The filing also provided a rare ...

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The Daily Docket: Hostess Can’t Shed Union Deals - Wall Street Journal

05/15/12

For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click “try for free.”) LightSquared Inc.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Monday is clouding the future of hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Falcone's LightSquared files for bankruptcy - Yahoo Finance

05/15/12

(Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's dream of bringing another wireless network to the United States likely came to an end on Monday, when LightSquared Inc, the ailing telecommunications company he bankrolled, filed for bankruptcy protection.

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ResCap Filing May Trigger $858 Million Worth Of CDS Payouts - NASDAQ

05/15/12

Analysts at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) said in a commentary Tuesday that the ResCap bankruptcy filing "should constitute a credit event for ResCap CDS," triggering payouts on the contacts that are designed to pay off when creditors aren't paid back.

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