Restructuring

Retailer Quiksilver Wins Preliminary Loan Approval in Court Debut

09/11/15

Surfwear retailer Quiksilver Inc. won preliminary loan approval during its bankruptcy-court debut.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via the Wall Street Journal.

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Hamptons Bus Service Files for Bankruptcy

09/08/15

Labor Day has come and gone, but here’s one more sign summer is over: a bus company that ferried Manhattanites to the Hamptons has filed for bankruptcy.

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‘Collide’ Backers Hope to Cut Ties with Relativity

09/03/15
Actor Nicholas Hoult visits the Infiniti Red Bull Racing garage during qualifying for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal in June.
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Coming and Going Concerns

09/03/15

Sarah Frankel has launched the525group, a recruitment firm for professional services firms in the bankruptcy and restructuring industry. Ms. Frankel, a board adviser at the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, has also been on the board of the Turnaround Management Association. She has experience as a business development adviser.

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Retailer of Hawaii Tourist Gear Lays Out Survival Plan

09/02/15
Three native surfers ride their boards with ease at Waikiki Beach, with Diamond Head in the background, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920s.
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‘Duck Dynasty’-Themed Ice Tea Maker Fights ‘Appearance Fee’ Bill

08/31/15
Duck Commander Family Foods and Chinook USA

A Kentucky beverage maker is protesting a $250,000 bill that “Duck Dynasty” stars charged for appearance fees, arguing that Si Robertson (aka “Unc

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Baha Mar Bankruptcy Judge Holds Off on Dismissal Ruling

08/31/15
Construction of the Baha Mar resort on the beach in the Bahamas.
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Caesars Ruling Paves Way for Trial

08/28/15

A judge’s ruling Thursday paves the way for a trial in a lawsuit over Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s debt guarantees of its operating unit in bankruptcy, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Case of the Missing Bodybuilding Shake Ingredients

08/27/15

The top executive at Ultimate Nutrition Inc., which makes protein powder for bodybuilders, says he destroyed millions of dollars of the shake supplement ingredients and other raw materials before putting the company into bankruptcy last year.

Executives at TD Bank N.A., which has been fighting the Connecticut company over a $13 million loan, don’t believe it.

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