Restructuring

Forward Motions: Shuttered Crumbs Bake Shop Set for Auction

08/15/14
A closed Crumbs Bake Shop store is seen in New York July 8, 2014. 
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The Daily Docket: Corinthian Likely Needs More Cash

08/13/14

Embattled for-profit education company Corinthian Colleges Inc. will likely need to raise more money in order to complete its plan to sell the majority of its Everest, WyoTech and Heald campuses during the next six months, the company said Wednesday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Falcone Files Plan for Smaller LightSquared Unit

08/12/14

Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Partners filed a competing proposal for his wireless venture on Monday that would pump new money into the smaller pool of the wireless venture’s assets. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Forward Motions: Revel Set to Hit Bankruptcy Auction Block

08/08/14

Atlantic City’s Revel casino and hotel, the most recent addition to the city’s famed boardwalk, will head to the auction block Thursday as part of its second bankruptcy in as many years.

According to documents filed with the Camden, N.J., bankruptcy court, the auction was moved from Aug. 7 because lawyers “need additional time to fully analyze and evaluate the bids received and are not prepared to go forward with the scheduled auction.”

A hearing to approve the winning bid is scheduled for Aug. 18.

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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Overhauls Chapter 11 Plan

08/08/14

Wireless venture LightSquared on Thursday overhauled its reorganization plan, and the new proposal appears to spell the end of longtime backer Philip Falcone’s ownership of the wireless venture. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: DirecTV, AT&T to Take Over CSN Houston Under Plan

08/07/14

Satellite TV provider DirecTV and telecom giant AT&T Inc. are would take over Houston’s struggling professional sports channel under a proposal filed late Wednesday in bankruptcy court. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Blackstone’s Bankruptcy Auction ‘Misstatement’

08/06/14

Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP won an auction for a Texas power plant earlier this week with $126 million offer—and then tried to take it back.

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Gates Foundation to ConnectEDU: Where’s Our Money?

08/06/14

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a simple question for education technology company ConnectEDU, which sought bankruptcy protection in April: Where’s our money?

In July 2013, the well-known foundation awarded a nearly $500,000 grant to ConnectEDU to develop an interactive program to help students master literacy under the Common Core standards that many states use to guide how public school students are caught.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Ne-Yo Edition

08/01/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Ne-Yo’s accusing his ex-manager, who invested his money in a company that went bankrupt, of conning him. Also, investor and reality-TV host Marcus Lemonis owns a bakery that supplied cupcakes to Crumbs.

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Forward Motions: Revel Aims to Secure a Buyer to Prevent Shutdown

08/01/14
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In the coming week in bankruptcy court, the biggest ticket will be watching to see if Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., can secure a buyer to keep the resort fr

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