Liquidation

Atlanta Bankruptcy Firm Clark & Washington Explains How Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Differ - AUTO-MOBI.info (press release)

07/14/12

Atlanta bankruptcy attorneys Clark & Washington wish to educate the public about some of the differences between filing for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Code allows for two primary personal bankruptcy filings: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13.

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Bankruptcy Offers Help for Small Business Owners - Newsblaze.com

07/14/12

To protect their assets and their families, many business owners find relief in troubled financial times by filing Chapter 7 small business bankruptcies. Advantages of Small Business Bankruptcy Small business bankruptcies have several features ...

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Baseball great Lenny Dykstra pleads guilty to federal bankruptcy fraud - CNN

07/13/12

The federal indictment stemmed from a bankruptcy case that Dykstra filed on July 7, 2009. Dykstra was accused of removing, destroying and selling property that was part of the bankruptcy estate without the permission of the bankruptcy trustee.

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Judge Approves Tribune Co.'s Restructuring Plan, Bankruptcy Deal Now Depends on FCC - YAHOO!

07/13/12

It is valued at $7 billion, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap. The company filed for new waivers two years ago, but the FCC's 180-day window to decide was cut short at 74 days because Tribune appeared to be in bankruptcy free-fall.

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Grim irony amid bankruptcy charade - Financial Times

07/13/12

Mooney. Sir, Jamie Smyth’s article on bankruptcy tourism from Ireland to Britain (“Irish act on ‘bankruptcy tourism’ ”, July 7) spared your readers details of the havoc that some of those featured have inflicted, at both a national and an ...

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Judge Approves Tribune Co.'s Plan to Exit Bankruptcy - Hollywood Reporter

07/13/12

Tribune filed for bankruptcy in 2008, a year after the company which owns 23 television stations and many big newspapers, was purchased by financier Sam Zell in a $13 billion leveraged buyout. The company's assets have been valued at around $7 billion ...

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Tribune Co. gets OK for bankruptcy-exit plan - Boston Globe

07/13/12

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Tribune Co. won court approval to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, more than four years after a leveraged buyout left the media company with unsustainable debt. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey in Wilmington ...

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Tribune Co. gets OK for bankruptcy-exit plan, 4 years after buyout left it $13 billion in debt - Washington Post

07/13/12

DOVER, Del. — Tribune Co. has won court approval to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, more than four years after a leveraged buyout left the media company with unsustainable debt. A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware said Friday ...

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Who Is John Galt? - Wall Street Journal

07/13/12

But we can offer an objective answer: he’s a debtor. A company named for the protagonist of Rand’s 1957 novel “Atlas Shrugged” filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Thursday, court papers show. The company, which only filed its ...

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Peregrine Bankruptcy Judge Allows Firm to Run Through Sept. 13 - Bloomberg

07/13/12

13, at which time he could seek permission for an extension. There were “numerous transactions in the middle of being executed” when the Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition was filed, trustee lawyer Robert Fishman told the judge today. Key ...

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