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Reno’s Silver Legacy Resort files for bankruptcy - Las Vegas Sun

05/18/12

The Silver Legacy Resort Casino has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but its owners said it won't affect the ongoing operations or any of the 1,800 employees at one of the largest hotel-casinos in northern Nevada. Company officials announced the ...

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ShengdaTech Submits Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization - Yahoo Finance

05/18/12

The Bankruptcy Court has set June 25 ... will pursue the Company's outstanding litigation in the People's Republic of China, hold and ultimately sell the Company's shares of Faith Bloom Limited, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, execute ...

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ShengdaTech Submits Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization - Marketwatch

05/18/12

The Bankruptcy Court has set June 25 ... will pursue the Company's outstanding litigation in the People's Republic of China, hold and ultimately sell the Company's shares of Faith Bloom Limited, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, execute ...

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Dewey Moves Closer to Bankruptcy Filing - Wall Street Journal

05/18/12

New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered institution.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Readies Bankruptcy Filing - Wall Street Journal

05/18/12

New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered institution.

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Watchdog Asks To Stub Pot Grower’s Bankruptcy - Wall Street Journal

05/18/12

U.S. trustee Richard Wieland, who patrols bankruptcy cases for the Justice Department ... Wieland added that shutting down the company under Chapter 7 protection—which would require the court to appoint a liquidator—isn’t an option ...

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Mitt Romney Edition - Wall Street Journal

05/18/12

In Obama’s first major attempt to paint a poor picture of Romney, the campaign highlighted a Kansas steel company that filed for bankruptcy eight years after being taken over by Bain and others. What happened to GST Steel after Bain took over ...

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Shipping: Move to Chapter 11 no easy option - Financial Times

05/18/12

When Omega Navigation, an Athens-based oil tanker operator, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US courts in July last year, it made its reason clear. The company had been left with no choice, a press release said, but to seek protection beca ...

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CoreUPT files for Chapter 11 - ESPN

05/18/12

Megan MichelsonThe CoreUPT booth at Winter X Games Tignes in France. French ski brand CoreUPT has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company, which was founded by four-time freeskiing world champion Guerlain Chicherit, has until July 16 to ...

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Reasons a Bankruptcy Case Would Be Dismissed - jdsupra.com

05/18/12

With more than 6,000 bankruptcy filings every day, the courts don’t have any time to waste when dealing with a bankruptcy case. It makes sense, then, that they would have a low tolerance if someone doesn’t follow the rules. Courts do not hesitate to ...

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