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Fox Sports Objects to Dodgers’ Plan for Bankruptcy Exit - Bloomberg

04/10/12

News Corp.’s Fox Sports filed an objection to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bankruptcy reorganization plan, which hinges on a $2 billion sale of the team, over the broadcaster’s rights to renegotiate a contract to televise games. “The plan ...

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Dallas-based Reddy Ice prepares for bankruptcy - Transworld News

04/10/12

The company has faced slowing sales amid competition from freezing and packing machines used by stores that can now package their own ice. The bankruptcy may pave the way for Reddy Ice to merge with ice-packaging company Artic Ice that recently filed for ...

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Kinkade sales surge after death - Washington Times

04/10/12

The company hasn’t offered any specifics on how much sales have increased ... In 2010, one of Kinkade’s companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after many years of huge commercial success. The bankruptcy filing came as the company had ...

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The other MF Global money mystery: trustee's fees - Reuters

04/10/12

"It's just not the way bankruptcy works. Trustees have to be paid." The coalition is still trying to reduce the cost of the case by other means, most notably by pushing to convert it to a more streamlined liquidation under Chapter 7 of the ...

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Mounting credit card bills drive bankruptcy boom in western suburbs - Gippsland Times

04/10/12

MOUNT DRUITT, Campbelltown and Liverpool have emerged as Sydney's bankruptcy hot spots as families succumb to mounting credit card debt and chronic unemployment. The three suburbs topped a list compiled by the federal agency Insolvency and Trustee Service ...

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Bankruptcy Judges Confront Impending Shortage - Wall Street Journal

04/10/12

The National Law Journal this week reported (subscription required) that up to 27 bankruptcy judgeships could vanish when their current occupants leave, spreading out an already busy docket’s worth of cases among their peers. Federal court ...

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MLB, Fox won't try to stop Dodgers sale - Los Angeles Times

04/10/12

Neither Major League Baseball nor Fox Sports plans to try to stop the sale of the Dodgers, virtually assuring that the deal will receive court approval on Friday. MLB and Fox, the Dodgers' two most formidable combatants in U.S. Bankruptcy Court ...

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Tampa Bankruptcy Firm Clark & Washington Recants Larry King’s Bankruptcy Success Story to Inspire - PRLog (free press release)

04/10/12

The Tampa bankruptcy attorneys at Clark & Washington specialize in personal bankruptcy, including Tampa chapter 13 and chapter 7. For more information about Tampa bankruptcy or to schedule your free consultation, please visit Clark & Washington online at ...

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HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Business Reorganization - StreetInsider.com

04/10/12

Flow of Life-Saving Products and Customer Service Levels to Continue Globally; European Subsidiary Is Not Included in U.S. Filing PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. (“HemCon”) announced today that it filed a voluntary ...

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Allen Matkins Elects Yale Kim, Alain R'bibo and David Stone to Partnership - TMCnet

04/10/12

His practice focuses on bankruptcy case representation of creditors and litigation, with a particular emphasis on real estate related matters, including both commercial and residential. For commercial real estate matters, he assists clients with ...

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