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The Broke and the Beautiful: Curt Schilling Edition

07/27/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios is in the news, and we’ve got a feeling the Black Eyes Peas aren’t too happy with their ex-manager. Also, the bankruptcy of Westlife’s Shane Filan has sparked debate over “bankruptcy tourism.”

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Boosts Cash Estimate to $40.5B

07/27/12
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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Sen. Al Franken Talks Bankruptcy

07/26/12
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Sen. Al Franken, (D., Minn.), center, accompanied by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, (D., N.J.), left, and Sen.
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The Daily Docket: Investors Appeal Tribune Plan

07/25/12

Investors that wound up at the bottom of the payment pileup in Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy raced to appeal a Monday order confirming the media company’s Chapter 11 plan. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Endorses Tribune Plan

07/24/12

A bankruptcy judge Monday officially signed off on Tribune Co .’s Chapter 11 plan, endorsing final documents setting out the debt-for-equity swap that will make the media company property of hedge funds and banks. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Anniversary Edition

07/20/12

Can you believe it’s been a year since The Broke and the Beautiful first graced the blogosphere? On this week’s edition, former baseball star turned financial guru Lenny Dykstra pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud. Also, Young Buck (who coincidentally starred in the very first edition of Broke) gets a prison sentence, and Michael Vick is promoting his memoir.

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The Daily Docket: AMR Can Control Case Until December

07/20/12
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A US Airways tail rest on the tarmac near an American Airlines plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on April 23, 2012.

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The Daily Docket: US Airway CEO Warns Against AMR Merger Delay

07/19/12
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U.S. Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker speaks about a merger with AMR Corp.
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The Daily Docket: Deutsche Bank Settles Lehman Derivatives Suit

07/18/12
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Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Appeals Court to Review Jefferson County Sewer Ruling

07/17/12

An appellate panel has agreed to hear pleas from Wall Street banks who want power restored to John Young, the sewer expert who took over Jefferson County, Ala.’s, system when its leaders got tangled in a corruption scandal but who was ousted earlier this year by the county’s bankruptcy judge. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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