News Topic: International

NewPage Corp. won confirmation Thursday of a Chapter 11 plan that shakes billions of dollars in debt off its balance sheet. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

K-V Pharmaceutical Co. , which filed for bankruptcy this summer after running afoul of government regulators, has lined up a trio of investment firms to pay off a rival drug maker and to fund its exit from Chapter 11. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review ... Read full article

Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images A photo of a partially eaten McDonalds’ Big Mac hamburger atop french fries. ... Read full article

A federal judge on Tuesday approved the sale of A123 Systems Inc., the government-backed battery maker that has yet to turn a profit, to China’s Wanxiang America Corp. for $256.6 million. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

LifeCare Holdings Inc. and affiliates, a hospital chain backed by the Carlyle Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Chinese-owned auto-parts manufacturer Wanxiang America Corp. won the bidding for A123 Systems Inc. , the government-backed battery maker that has yet to turn a profit, at a bankruptcy auction that ended early Saturday morning, The Wall Street Journal ... Read full article

K-V Pharmaceutical Co. said it will pay Hologic Inc. ... Read full article

A123 Systems Inc., the government-backed battery maker that has yet to turn a profit, is set to be the unlikely object of a bidding war when its assets hit the auction block on Thursday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Trustees for creditors left unpaid after the biggest banking failure in U.S. history say they suspect Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of targeting Washington Mutual Inc. , in a naked short-selling scheme. ... Read full article

AFP/Getty Images American Airlines parent AMR Corp. wants permission to control its own Chapter 11 case until March without the threat of rival proposals. ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Kevin Spacey may take on the role of Ireland’s former richest man on the big screen, and Young Buck got some alone time in prison. Also, a famous poster will be auctioned next month. ... Read full article

Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images Saab might be going away , but loyal fans have a chance to get the ... Read full article

The Republic/Associated Press A judge gave Hostess Brands Inc. ... Read full article

A U.S. appellate court on Wednesday upheld a bankruptcy court decision to reject Mexican glassmaker’s Vitro SAB’s controversial bankruptcy plan, a big win for bondholders that have been sparring with the company for years over its controversial debt ... Read full article

Reuters Hostess employees strike in front of one of the bakeries in Los Angeles. The union behind the crippling strike that Hostess Brands Inc. ... Read full article

Zumapress.com Hostess Brands Inc. said it received a “flood” of interest for its brands and assets since announcing its liquidation. ... Read full article

The Republic/Associated Press The bankruptcy judge for Hostess Brands Inc. asked it and its bakers union to mediate. ... Read full article

Zumapress.com The union that brought the 85-year-old baker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread to its knees is holding out hope that a buyer will salvage chunks of the company and send the union’s members back to wor ... Read full article