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The Daily Docket: Sailing Capital, Sanpower Team Up to Buy Brookstone

06/04/14
Konrad Fiedler/Bloomberg News

Chinese investment firm Sailing Capital and Chinese conglomerate Sanpower teamed up to buy Brookstone Holdings Corp.

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American Sniper’s Business Files for Bankruptcy Amid Ownership Dispute

06/03/14
“American Sniper” author Chris Kyle poses for this 2012 file photo. Mr. Kyle was fatally shot at a shooting range southwest of Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb.
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The Daily Docket: Energy Future Bond Trustees Say Deal Is Fair

06/03/14

Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s proposal to get out from under a claimed $1.3 billion premium payment to bondholders has two bond trustees crying foul. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Puts Canyon Ranch Miami Into Bankruptcy

06/02/14

A Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. subsidiary that owns the Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa, Miami Beach filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday to ease the sale of the luxury property to the owner and manager of a portfolio of hotels that includes the Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Ariz. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: BottleRock Edition

05/30/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, BottleRock is back from rock bottom, and Denis Leary is aiding Detroit firefighters. Also, an injured baseball fan is still looking for compensation from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The Examiners: Richard A. Chesley on GM’s Liability

05/30/14

It’s up to the courts to decide whether old or new GM is liable for faulty ignition-switch claims. But what do you think? From a legal, practical or ethical point of view, should it

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The Examiners: Marc Leder on Liability in Bankruptcy Asset Sales

05/30/14

Should bankruptcy be allowed to erase claims that may technically have arisen pre-bankruptcy but which a company’s creditors weren’t aware of at the time?

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Forward Motions: Energy Future Unit Seeks Bankruptcy Financing

05/30/14

An Energy Future Holdings Corp. unit on Thursday will seek bankruptcy-court approval to borrow more than $1.9 billion.

The Wilmington, Del., bankruptcy court will take up the borrowing request, which includes a $1.9 billion loan, plus another $95 million to cover closing fees, at a Thursday hearing.

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Coldwater Creek Shoppers Say ‘Fear and Need’ Drove Sales Boom

05/30/14

Coldwater Creek’s creditors are at a loss to understand why sales boomed in the wake of its bankruptcy filing, but it’s not a mystery to the former retailer’s target customers.

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The Daily Docket: Coldwater Creek Under Pressure as Lease Auction Looms

05/30/14
A Coldwater Creek store in downtown Seattle.
Associated Press/Elaine Thompson

Creditors are keeping a tight rein on spending in the Coldwater Creek Inc.

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