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California’s Alma Rosa Winery is famous for its Pinot Noirs. The 2009 Mt. Eden Clone has a “cherry dropdead prettiness and a slow to reveal dark side,” according to the winery’s website. Turns out, so does Alma Rosa’s balance sheet. The winery, owned by ... Read full article

Getty Images Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc. is in some trouble. ... Read full article

A Chicago breast-cancer charity that helped patients cope with the disease long before pink ribbons and celebrity advocates entered the picture has shut down and filed for bankruptcy liquidation. ... Read full article

An appellate panel has agreed to hear pleas from Wall Street banks who want power restored to John Young, the sewer expert who took over Jefferson County, Ala.’s, system when its leaders got tangled in a corruption scandal but who was ousted earlier this ... Read full article

Depending upon your political views, Ayn Rand’s revolutionary character John Galt is either friend or foe. 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 ... Read full article

Ocala Funding LLC, the mortgage-securities unit of defunct lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp ., filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday in a bid to recover more than $800 million it said Taylor Bean’s now-imprisoned leaders looted from its ... Read full article

Peregrine Financial Group Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy late Tuesday, a day after regulators alleged the brokerage misstated more than $200 million in customer accounts. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, becoming the largest casualty of the worst U.S. market for the power-plant fuel in decades. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

The former leaders of failed IndyMac Bancorp, including ex-Chief Executive Michael Perry, have agreed to settle a class-action securities lawsuit stemming from the bank-holding company’s collapse four years ago. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article ... Read full article

Bloomberg News Electrical components stand outside the natural gas fired 1200-megawatt Kendall Energy power plant, owned by Dynegy Inc., in Minooka, Ill. D ... Read full article

Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on Tuesday filed for Chapter 9, or municipal bankruptcy, less than a week after nearby Stockton, Calif., sought the same protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Abound Solar Inc., the recipient of a federal loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Monday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said Friday it has sold its Aurora Bank FSB subsidiary, a move that should help funnel some $1.5 billion into the pockets of Lehman’s creditors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

The city of Stockton, Calif., filed for Chapter 9 protection, The Wall Street Journal reports . MF Global is proving to be catnip for distressed-debt buyers, according to a new report showing that more than $246 million of the failed brokerage’s debt ... Read full article

Associated Press When selling the business of patriotism, put emphasis on the red. ... Read full article

Struggling to figure out how to sell DVDs and CDs in a download-driven world, Toronto-based movie and music seller Cinram International Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection while its executives move to sell its operations. Read the Daily Bankruptcy ... Read full article

Camera retailer Ritz Camera & Image LLC filed its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition since 2009. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review Small Cap article here . ... Read full article

The holding company behind the failed First Regional Bank in Los Angeles, whose $2.18 billion in assets were seized by federal banking regulators nearly 18 months ago, has filed for bankruptcy protection with just a fraction of that amount—$1.3 ... Read full article