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Philadelphia Orchestra settles with musicians’ pension fund - Philadelphia Daily News

04/24/12

Resolving the most quarrelsome aspect of its bankruptcy, the Philadelphia Orchestra Association has settled with the national musicians' pension fund that had threatened expensive and time-consuming litigation over the orchestra's withdrawal ...

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Slide show: What's at stake in a US Airways-American Airlines merger - The Business Journal

04/24/12

The latter is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and US Airways Group Inc.’s management is making a play for American and its parent company, AMR Corp. AMR Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company An American-US Airways merger would ...

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MF Global suits combined in NY over customer objections - Reuters

04/24/12

The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said in its transfer order that ... MF Global was a New York company and that the company was underdoing bankruptcy proceedings in a neighboring courthouse. The transfer order combined ...

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MF Global suits combined in New York over customer objections - YAHOO!

04/24/12

The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said in its transfer order that the ... MF Global was a New York company and that the company was underdoing bankruptcy proceedings in a neighboring courthouse. The transfer order combined ...

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Brighton real estate firm seeks bankruptcy protection - The Business Journal

04/24/12

The developer of a proposed 10-story office building in Boston’s Theatre District has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11, according to a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts. The firm, Rena LLC, a division of Hera ...

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Mediation starts in $9-B Nortel bankruptcy - Winnipeg Free Press

04/24/12

If the parties resort to litigation, Chief Justice Warren Winkler told a room full of high-priced bankruptcy lawyers, it would deplete much of the money now available to creditors, who include pensioners of the once high-flying high-tech company.

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CVC to buy and expand Alix - Financial Times

04/24/12

It advised General Motors during the US carmaker’s government-sponsored bankruptcy, and clients include ailing ... The group has expanded beyond its restructuring roots into areas such as litigation consulting, forensic accounting and IT services.

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Nortel bankruptcy mediation begins with $9 billion on the table - Toronto Star

04/24/12

If the parties resort to litigation, Chief Justice Warren Winkler told a room full of high-priced bankruptcy lawyers, it would deplete much of the money now available to creditors, who include pensioners of the once high-flying high-tech company.

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Tribune Creditors Seek to Add $222 Million Claim in Lawsuits - Bloomberg

04/24/12

Gary Weitman, a Tribune spokesman, wasn’t immediately available to comment on the filing. The bankruptcy case is In re Tribune Co., 08-bk-13141, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington). To contact the reporter on this story ...

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Tribune Creditors Seek to Add $222 Million Claim in Lawsuits - Bloomberg

04/24/12

Tribune, valued earlier this year by the company at more than $7 billion, owes creditors about $13 billion. Gary Weitman, a Tribune spokesman, wasn’t immediately available to comment on the filing. The bankruptcy case is In re Tribune Co., 08 ...

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