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The Daily Docket: CRO Says AMR Must Cut Labor Costs

04/25/12

American Airlines parent AMR Corp.’s chief restructuring officer on Tuesday said the company won’t be able to successfully restructure without drastically cutting its labor costs. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Alabama Says Munis Can Enter Bankruptcy

04/23/12

Alabama’s top court ruled that the state’s struggling cities and counties have the power to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, a decision that largely frees the state’s most populous metropolitan area to move ahead with its five-month-old bankruptcy case. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Says Union’s Pension Stance Threatens Hostess

04/20/12
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The judge charged with determining whether Hostess Brands Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Hostess CEO Seeks Pension Fix

04/19/12
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Hostess Brands Inc.’s chief executive says the contentious battle over union pension plans has become a “gate-keeping issue” in the case that

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Turnaround Getting Hot in Brazil

04/05/12

While not necessarily predicting a bust to Brazil’s boom, a budding group of turnaround professionals in the South American nation are getting ready for what they see as an inevitable shakeup.

An abundant supply of credit over the past decade, a loss of competitiveness in many industries—such as textile and agribusiness—to the likes of India and China, and a large number of family-run companies, are conspiring to unleash a wave of restructuring, said Salvatore Milanese, a partner in the restructuring practice of KPMG in Sao Paulo.

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The Daily Docket: JeffCo Seeks to Halt Lawsuit

04/04/12

Jefferson County, Ala., is worried that it could be exposed to another multimillion-dollar debt on a lawsuit with Wall Street bond insurers. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Daily Docket: Pinnacle Enters Bankruptcy

04/02/12

In a news release, Pinnacle Airlines Corp. says that it and its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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The Daily Docket: Investigators Probe MF Global Account Transfer

03/30/12

According to The Wall Street Journal, investigators are probing whether a $175 million transfer from an MF Global Holdings Ltd. customer account three days before the firm’s bankruptcy may have run afoul of Securities and Exchange Commission and CME Group Inc. rules.

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The Daily Docket: Dodgers Sold for $2.15B

03/28/12

A group led by basketball star Magic Johnson won the Los Angeles Dodgers at a bankruptcy auction Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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The Daily Docket: Bankruptcy’s Spare Change

03/12/12

Many companies that collapse under bankruptcy-court reorganization are leaving behind small pools of money—and no one knows what to do with them. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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