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Dippin' Dots hopes for a comeback after bankruptcy filing - USA Today

04/29/12

on Wednesday for permission to take over the operations of Dippin' Dots Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 reorganization late last year. "We're going to keep making Dippin' Dots, so nobody needs to worry," said Curt Jones of Nashville ...

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A bankruptcy attorney's warning about repealing Obamacare - Daily Oklahoman

04/29/12

To everyone working to repeal Obamacare, thank you! As a 25-year bankruptcy attorney, it makes good sense to me that millions of people who get sick should be required to take the drastic step of filing bankruptcy. And with the repeal of Obamacare ...

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A bankruptcy attorney's warning about repealing Obamacare - Daily Oklahoman

04/29/12

These will be juicy chapter 11 cases, generating millions in bankruptcy attorney fees, only to eventually convert to chapter 7 liquidation. Hospitals can absorb only so much loss; they can transfer only so many uninsured costs to those with insurance.

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Kodak sales fall 27%; first-quarter loss grows to $366 million - Democrat and Chronicle

04/29/12

$293 million. Kodak’s first-quarter consumer business segment sales, down 43 percent. Cutting costs in hopes of returning to profitability has become a way of life at Eastman Kodak Co. The first months in bankruptcy for the printing and ...

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Derivatives risk remains poorly understood - Financial Times

04/28/12

Many hailed Lehman Brothers’ recent emergence from Chapter 11 as a triumph of the US bankruptcy process. Unfortunately, many of Lehman’s former customers are not cheering. Those who entered into credit default swaps, interest rate swaps or other swap ...

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Student loans stick - even in bankruptcy - Pioneer Press

04/28/12

A Moody's report also suggested younger student borrowers might be especially tempted by an easier bankruptcy filing, not appreciating the long-term credit damage. But such arguments swim upstream against a lot of historical data. Before 1976 ...

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Nashville People in Business - Nashville Tennessean

04/28/12

The firm also said attorney Lawrence R. Ahern III has also been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading practitioner in the area of Litigation: Bankruptcy. For the sixth consecutive year, Joel R. Buckberg, head of the franchise and hospitality ...

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Ebbets Field's south location closes in Springfield - Courier-Journal

04/28/12

The restaurant, which had been operated by the Swisshelm Group, Inc., closed its doors on Tuesday — the same day a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization was filed for Ebbets Field, LLC by Bruce Swisshelm. The original Ebbets Field location on ...

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Ken Kratz bankruptcy puts civil case on hold - Post-Crescent

04/28/12

GREEN BAY — A civil rights lawsuit filed against former Calumet County prosecutor Ken Kratz by a domestic abuse victim who received racy texts from him is on hold because of his recent bankruptcy filing. Federal Judge William Griesbach signed ...

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Dodgers sale set to be finalized - FOXSports.com

04/28/12

Three people familiar with the process told the Los Angeles Times that no objections were filed Friday to the US Bankruptcy Court order approving ... to work over the weekend to guarantee the sale can be signed off before the Dodgers take ...

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