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The Daily Docket: Solyndra Debuts Exit Plan

07/31/12

Failed solar power equipment maker Solyndra LLC has sketched out its Chapter 11 plan and, as expected, there’s bad news for U.S. taxpayers: Estimates are $24 million of a $527 million government loan will be repaid, and that’s not a sure thing. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Peregrine Financial: Four Common Methods of Camouflaging Fraud

07/30/12
Associated Press
This Monday, April 4, 2011, file photo shows Russell Wasendorf Sr., chief executive of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Sibling of ‘Sideways’ Winery Files for Chapter 11

07/30/12

California’s Alma Rosa Winery is famous for its Pinot Noirs. The 2009 Mt. Eden Clone has a “cherry dropdead prettiness and a slow to reveal dark side,” according to the winery’s website. Turns out, so does Alma Rosa’s balance sheet.

The winery, owned by Richard Sanford, dubbed the father of Santa Barbara Pinot Noir and the first to plant the vine there, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Won’t Move Kodak Patent Dispute

07/30/12
Associated Press/dapd

A judge denied Apple Inc.’s bid to move a patent dispute with Eastman Kodak Co. out of bankruptcy court.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Curt Schilling Edition

07/27/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios is in the news, and we’ve got a feeling the Black Eyes Peas aren’t too happy with their ex-manager. Also, the bankruptcy of Westlife’s Shane Filan has sparked debate over “bankruptcy tourism.”

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Chapter 420?

07/27/12
Getty Images

Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc. is in some trouble.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Boosts Cash Estimate to $40.5B

07/27/12
Reuters

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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Sen. Al Franken Talks Bankruptcy

07/26/12
Associated Press
Sen. Al Franken, (D., Minn.), center, accompanied by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, (D., N.J.), left, and Sen.
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The Daily Docket: US Airways CEO Skeptical of AMR Merger Exploration

07/26/12

The head of US Airways Group Inc. on Wednesday expressed reservations about the strategic review being conducted by AMR Corp. and said he could go directly to its rival’s creditors in a bid to cement a merger. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Ex-Kodak Employees Blast Bonus Plan

07/25/12
Associated Press/DAPD

Former Kodak employees who fear for their pensions and other benefits are urging a bankruptcy judge to think of them and not rubber-stamp $8.8 million in executive

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