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Reuters MF Global Holdings Ltd.’s bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a key settlement among the failed brokerage’s three key constituents, opening up the possibility that the remaining money owed to customers could start flow ... Read full article

Associated Press Artist Nancy Peppin holds one of her creations from her series “Day of the Dead Twinkies,” one of dozens of pieces of art she has created over the years using Twinkies and ot ... Read full article

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This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, actor Patrick Dempsey, aka TV’s “McDreamy,” gives us the scoop on his purchase of the Tully’s coffee chain out of bankruptcy. Also this week, boxing promoter Don King is settling a score—on litigation related to ... Read full article

Provided Patrick Dempsey Of all the things that actor Patrick Dempsey has given up while training for long-distance bike rides, coffee isn’t one of them. ... Read full article

Reuters A judge on Wednesday approved a financing deal worth $843.7 million for Eastman Kodak Co., a package the company said should help it emerge from bankruptcy protection around midyear. ... Read full article

Reuters A team of private-equity firms, Apollo Global Management LLC and C. ... Read full article

Reuters The Atari booth is pictured during E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in Los Angeles in this June 8, 2011, file photo. Atari Inc., the New York ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, something stinks—but don’t worry, it’s only Curt Schilling’s famous bloody sock, which is going up for sale. Also this week, ex-NBA player Antoine Walker is doling out financial advice. ... Read full article

Associated Press Curt Schilling in May 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, the winner and neeeewwwwwww champion of smelliest and most disgusting thing ever auctio ... Read full article

A judge on Thursday held off approving a deal between Hawker Beechcraft Inc . and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. to scrap two underfunded Hawker pension plans, saying some pension recipients negatively affected by the proposal haven’t been properly ... Read full article

It was seemingly overnight that a larger-than-life personality made a splash on the South Florida social scene, showing off his luxury cars, tailored suits and trophy wife as well as dropping big bucks on multiple charities and sports sponsorships. ... Read full article

Just out of bankruptcy, Tribune Co. intends to drop the bulk of some 170 lawsuits that targeted senior media executives who cashed in on the going-private deal that ruined the company’s finances. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Associated Press Government-backed battery maker A123 Systems Inc. ... Read full article

Hawker Beechcraft Inc. said it has struck a deal for $600 million in exit financing from lenders led by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to take it out of Chapter 11 protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, “Downton Abbey’s” latest plotline has real roots in bankruptcy, and Starbucks is protesting Patrick Dempsey’s bid for Tully’s coffee shops. Broke also delves into the conundrum faced by designers who skyrocket to ... Read full article

European Pressphoto Agency The cast and crew of “Downton Abbey” at the 2011 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. The noble residents of “Downton Abbey” would do w ... Read full article

A group of MF Global creditors on Thursday filed a comprehensive plan of liquidation for the failed brokerage firm. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article