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The Daily Docket: AMR Adviser Says Stakeholders May Want Merger

04/26/12

Echoing Tuesday’s opinion by the parent of America Airlines’ chief restructuring officer, a restructuring adviser to AMR Corp. said drastic cuts in labor costs are needed. Managing Director David L. Resnick also said the company’s stakeholders will probably want it to explore consolidating with a rival airline after it emerges from bankruptcy.

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Onion Company’s President Cries Out Against Lender

04/25/12
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Select Onion Co.’s recent bankruptcy left three million pounds of onions in Oregon to sweat over their fate.

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The Daily Docket: CRO Says AMR Must Cut Labor Costs

04/25/12

American Airlines parent AMR Corp.’s chief restructuring officer on Tuesday said the company won’t be able to successfully restructure without drastically cutting its labor costs. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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50 Cent Stakes Claim in Young Buck Recordings

04/24/12
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50 Cent performs onstage during the third day of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Rapper 50 Cent is laying clai

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The Daily Docket: Supreme Court Skeptical of Efforts to Block Credit Bidding

04/24/12

The U.S. Supreme Court began the process of weighing in on one of the hottest issues in corporate bankruptcy Monday, casting harsh eyes on a hotel owner’s attempt to block its secured lender from using debt as currency in a bankruptcy auction. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Alabama Says Munis Can Enter Bankruptcy

04/23/12

Alabama’s top court ruled that the state’s struggling cities and counties have the power to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, a decision that largely frees the state’s most populous metropolitan area to move ahead with its five-month-old bankruptcy case. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Boom Boom Pow Edition

04/20/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a former Black Eyed Peas manager has filed for bankruptcy, Gary Busey is giving out tax tips a little too late, and Lenny Dysktra has nailed a spot in the Los Angeles County Jail.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Says Union’s Pension Stance Threatens Hostess

04/20/12
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The judge charged with determining whether Hostess Brands Inc.

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Bankruptcy Leaders Call for Chapter 11 Overhaul

04/19/12
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In the era of the iPhone, businesses that are struggling to survive turn to a bankruptcy process that was invented during the time of typewriters.

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