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Judge to rule on American labor rejection request on June 22 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

05/21/12

The judge handling the American Airlines bankruptcy case in New York gave himself two additional weeks to decide on parent company AMR's request to reject existing contracts with employees' unions. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane had said ...

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Bankruptcy report on Bain-owned Ampad: Creditors repaid $.002 for every dollar owed - Politico.com

05/21/12

Bain's return on its $5 million investment was $100 million. But a final bankruptcy filing on the firm in last December also shows what happened to Ampad creditors. Out of a debt load of $170 million owed to unsecured creditors, Ampad ended up paying out ...

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Houghton Mifflin files Chapter 11 bankruptcy - msnbc.com

05/21/12

(Reuters) - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday after the struggling textbook publisher agreed with its creditors to eliminate about $3.1 billion of debt. The filing came as state and local ...

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Houghton Mifflin Files for Bankruptcy Protection - New York Times

05/21/12

The book publisher and education company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. The filing was expected. The storied Boston company, which produces everything from math textbooks to computer games like “The Oregon ...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Officially Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Mediabistro.com

05/21/12

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has officially filed a major restructuring plan to redistribute the company’s $3.1 billion in debt, entering what they called “a prompt, court-supervised, chapter 11 process.” The company predicts they will emerge from the ...

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Houghton Mifflin files Chapter 11 bankruptcy - Yahoo Finance

05/21/12

(Reuters) - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after the textbook publisher reached agreement with a majority of its creditors to cut about $3.1 billion of debt. The Boston-based company and two ...

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The Daily Docket: Publisher Houghton Mifflin Files for Bankruptcy - Wall Street Journal

05/21/12

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after striking a deal with its creditors to slash more than $3 billion in debt off its balance sheets. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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Houghton Mifflin files Chapter 11 bankruptcy - msnbc.com

05/21/12

(Reuters) - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after the textbook publisher reached agreement with a majority of its creditors to cut about $3.1 billion of debt. The Boston-based company and two ...

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Bankruptcy judge approves agreement to transfer Montrose window's house to lawsuit victor - Everything Alabama Blog

05/21/12

MOBILE, Alabama — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge last week approved an agreement ... In turn, Parsons & Whittemore Enterprises Corp. will apply a $1.7 million credit — plus the value of the furniture, to a $10.4 million judgment that it ...

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Textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin files Ch. 11 bankruptcy - Chicago Tribune

05/21/12

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after the textbook publisher reached agreement with a majority of its creditors to cut about $3.1 billion of debt. The Boston-based company and two dozen ...

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