News Topic: WSJcomBankruptcyBeat

More than half the major U.S. retailers that have for filed bankruptcy since 2005 ultimately shut down, according to a study from AlixPartners advisory firm. The authors found roughly 55% of bankrupt retailers never reopened and compared that rate with a ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. battled in court Wednesday in a bid to defeat bondholder demands for some $460 million in interest, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports . ... Read full article

Arch Coal Inc. is running out of options after its deal to rework $5.1 billion in debt outside the court ell apart.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson arrives at the Paley Center For Media’s Hollywood Tribute to African American Achievements in Television in Beverly Hills, Calif. Frederic J. ... Read full article

Creditors of Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s Oncor business are criticizing the company’s turnaround plan, arguing it isn’t legal or fair. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

In this April 29, 2013 file photo, coal miners and supporters cheer during a protest outside of Peabody Coal in St. Louis. ... Read full article

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. is selling off 16 inactive coal mines as is reorganizes its business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Painting crews set up on the base of the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. ... Read full article

The fate of the once-ubiquitous Columbia House, the mail-order music firm that advertised cassette tapes for a penny, could crystallize next week in bankruptcy court. Lawyers for the brand’s owner are preparing to hold an auction on Wednesday if they take ... Read full article

A group led by Relativity Media LLC Chief Executive Ryan Kavanaugh have closed a deal to take control of the film studio. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Associated Press A Moody’s Investors Service watch list of junk-rated companies is the longest it’s been in more than five years, and the beleaguered oil-and-gas industry accounts for a good chunk of it. ... Read full article

Caesars Entertainment Corp. bondholders are suing for suffering they say they have endured from financial maneuvers between the casino company and its bankrupt unit.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

A historic New York prep school whose famous alumni include presidential hopeful Donald Trump is preparing to reopen after a bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the nearly $16 million sale of its campus. The 126-year-old New York Military Academy, ... Read full article

The sale of Relativity Media LLC’s television unit, which is behind shows including MTV’s “Catfish,” has closed, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

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A judge won’t protect rare-earths miner Arch Coal Inc. ’s debt-swap deal, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

American Apparel Inc. told a bankruptcy judge of a survival plan that would help it leave bankruptcy with less debt and would help fix inventory issues at its stores, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports . ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Abby Lee Miller was indicted for bankruptcy fraud, three sex workers are accusing Relativity Media of not delivering on some promises, Teresa Giudice is writing a memoir, and Colin Hanks’s documentary on Tower ... Read full article