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UPDATE 1-Houghton Mifflin files Chapter 11 bankruptcy - Reuters

05/21/12

May 21 (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 ...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing files for bankruptcy - Boston Globe

05/21/12

The company, based in Boston, listed assets and debt of more than $1 billion each in Chapter 11 documents filed today in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. (On May 11, Houghton disclosed a deal with creditors to wipe out $3.1 billion in debt in ...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Files for Bankruptcy - Bloomberg

05/21/12

More than 20 affiliates also entered bankruptcy, including Broderbund LLC and Classroom ... t visit its site and provides Houghton with a new source of revenue as sales decline at brick-and-mortar bookstores. Moody’s Investors Service in ...

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Rodney Solenberger Appointed General Counsel for Breakwater Equity Partners - PRWeb

05/21/12

“His extensive background in litigation, taxation, bankruptcy and regulation will contribute a great deal to Breakwater’s future successes,” Phil Jemmett, CEO of Breakwater Equity. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Breakwater Equity ...

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Insight: China pays high price to spare state firm from bankruptcy - Yahoo Finance

05/21/12

But there were no bankruptcy court judges or rules on credit seniority ... which owns 16 percent of Helon via its investment arm and is its biggest shareholder, has committed 1.7 billion yuan in loan guarantees, payments to contracted management ...

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Source: Dewey & LeBoeuf to Mull Bankruptcy Filing - Moneynews (blog)

05/21/12

Ailing U.S. law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is considering a bankruptcy filing as new debtholders take a more aggressive track, shifting away from earlier attempts at an out-of-court liquidation, a person familiar with the matter said. The majority of ...

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Bank’s no Ally for NY homeowners - New York Post

05/21/12

Then the plate tectonics of the massive bank that controls their fate shifted. Ally Financial, formerly GMAC, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy for its troubled Residential Capital mortgage unit last Monday. Ally owes taxpayers roughly $12 billion in bailout ...

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Young Buck Thrown Out From His Tennessee Mansion - AceShowbiz

05/21/12

Court documents unravel that a judge handling the 'Shorty Wanna Ride' rapper's bankruptcy case has ordered that proceed from the sale of his house will be used to pay his debt in unpaid taxes. Things are taking a turn for the worse for Young Buck.

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Istanbul bourse says Deutsche Boerse interested in sale process - Reuters

05/21/12

ISTANBUL May 21 (Reuters) - Istanbul Stock Exchange Chairman Ibrahim Turhan said on Monday that the bourse may hold a strategic stake sale before a public offering and that Deutsche Boerse was among those interested in this process. Turhan told ...

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Advantage CCS is Proud to Offer a Telephone Bankruptcy Education Class for Consumers in Need of a Pre-Discharge Bankruptcy Certificate - YAHOO!

05/21/12

... education from an approved nonprofit credit counseling agency in order to discharge the bankruptcy case. The legislation covers both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies. If a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 debtor does not complete the course, it ...

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