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The Daily Docket: Lee’s Bankruptcy Plan Confirmed

01/24/12

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises Inc. on Monday won court permission to exit bankruptcy under a plan that puts off the day of reckoning on hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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McDonald’s Dispute Pushes Bankruptcy Judge Over the Edge

01/23/12
Reuters

It takes a lot to exasperate Judge Kevin Gross of the Delaware bankruptcy court.

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U.K. Pension Plan Tops Kodak Creditor List

01/23/12
Getty Images
A saleswoman holds a box of Kodachrome film June 22, 2009, in an electronics shop in lower Manhattan.

Eastman Kodak Co., which

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The Daily Docket: JeffCo to Make Smaller Bondholder Payments

01/23/12

Empowered by a recent court ruling, Jefferson County, Ala., leaders are planning to wield their bankruptcy case privileges to squeeze sewer system bondholders who—for nearly half a decade—have squeezed them. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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New Year’s Resolution Undoings, on the House

01/20/12

By Joseph Checkler and Rachel Feintzeig

Associated Press

Ready to break your 2012 resolutions? Friendly’s and American Airlines can help.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Save the Twinkie! Edition

01/20/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Wendy Williams does her part to keep Twinkies alive, and boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman’s trustee must be feeling larger than life. Also this week, Jefferson, County, Ala., scores a run against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. on its dealings with Houston Astros owner Jim Crane.

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Houston Astros Owner Mucked Up in JeffCo Bankruptcy

01/20/12
Associated Press
Jim Crane

Stuck at the unfortunate end of the debt-clogged sewer system of Jefferson County, Ala., you’ll find Houston Astros owner Jim Crane.

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The Daily Docket: Kodak Can Borrow on Loan

01/20/12

A judge on Thursday said Eastman Kodak Co. could begin borrowing on a $950 million loan from Citigroup Inc., which the iconic photography company hopes will keep it afloat as it restructures itself during Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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