Liquidation

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, we’re going to sing our own praises just a bit. From Toni Braxton’s revelation that bankruptcy worked out “really great” to boy-band creator Lou Pearlman’s settlement with MTV, Bankruptcy Beat was at the forefront of celebankruptcy news. Also this week, the Dodgers are readying for a sale, and Lenny “Nails” Dykstra’s boxing brawl didn’t go off as planned.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will sell its 49% stake in asset manager Neuberger Berman to Neuberger’s employees for $1.5 billion, which would benefit Lehman’s creditors and put Neuberger on a path toward 100% employee ownership. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.