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The Daily Docket: Plastipak Wins Constar Bidding

02/10/14

Plastipak Packaging Inc. of Michigan outbid Australia’s Amcor Ltd. at a bankruptcy auction for substantially all of the assets of Constar International Holdings LLC, a Philadelphia-based maker of plastic bottles, court papers say. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Forward Motions: The Week Ahead in Bankruptcy

02/07/14

A rental-car company needs more money, a veggie business is hoping for a healthy sale and a thrift store starts to liquidate, and are all on the bankruptcy agenda next week.

Advantage Rent a Car has asked to borrow an additional $20 million in bankruptcy financing as the fourth-largest rental-car company runs on the fumes of its current $46 million loan.

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Forward Motions: The Week Ahead in Bankruptcy

02/07/14

A rental-car company needs more money, a veggie business is hoping for a healthy sale and a thrift store starts to liquidate, and are all on the bankruptcy agenda next week.

Advantage Rent a Car has asked to borrow an additional $20 million in bankruptcy financing as the fourth-largest rental-car company runs on the fumes of its current $46 million loan.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Rock Bottom Edition

02/07/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the company behind the BottleRock music festival hits a sour note, and Girls Gone Wild made a settlement. Also, a group led by Magic Johnson bought the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Rock Bottom Edition

02/07/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the company behind the BottleRock music festival hits a sour note, and Girls Gone Wild made a settlement. Also, a group led by Magic Johnson bought the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.

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Panel Says Costs of Filing for Bankruptcy Make It Less Attractive Option

02/07/14
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While the number of corporate bankruptcies dwindled again in 2013, a deart

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Panel Says Costs of Filing for Bankruptcy Make It Less Attractive Option

02/07/14
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While the number of corporate bankruptcies dwindled again in 2013, a deart

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The Daily Docket: Watchdog Looks to Investigate Freedom Lawyers

02/07/14

A government watchdog wants to investigate the ties between Freedom Industries Inc.’s bankruptcy lawyers and key parties in its Chapter 11 case, including the company that acquired Freedom shortly before the chemical spill that tainted the water supply of a large swath of West Virginia. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Girls Gone Wild Settles With Exposed Woman

02/06/14
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Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.

A woman whose breasts were filmed on Girls Gone Wild witho

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Girls Gone Wild Settles With Exposed Woman

02/06/14
Reuters
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.

A woman whose breasts were filmed on Girls Gone Wild witho

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