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Borders Gift-Card Holders Demand Payment

01/06/12
Reuters

Borders closed the last of its giant bookstores in September. But some readers didn’t get the memo.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Fights Over Archstone

01/06/12

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sparred in court Thursday with Bank of America Corp. and Barclays PLC over the future of the Archstone apartment company if a big stake in the firm ends up in the hands of its biggest rival, Sam Zell’s Equity Residential. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Jackson Hewitt Hosts a Dance Party

01/05/12

Fresh out of bankruptcy, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. is ready to reinvent itself this tax season. And it’s starting with Montel Jordan.

The performer’s R&B hit “This Is How We Do It” provides the soundtrack for a new Jackson Hewitt advertising campaign, called, unsurprisingly, “Jackson Hewitt’s How You Do It.”

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The Daily Docket: Kodak Preparing for Bankruptcy

01/05/12

According to The Wall Street Journal, Eastman Kodak Co. is readying itself to file for Chapter 11 protection in the coming weeks.

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Torre Looks to Add One Final Touch to Baseball Resume

01/04/12
Associated Press
Joe Torre gestures during a news conference in this February 2011 file photo.

Joe Torre is apparently going for baseball’s equivalent

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Deal Closes Book on Dodgers’ ‘Next 50’ Project

01/04/12
Associated Press
Dodger Stadium

Believe it or not, there was a time when the Los Angeles Dodgers organization thought it could sell fans the idea that coming to Dodger

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Freeh Files New MB Global Creditors List

01/04/12
Associated Press
Louis Freeh

Louis Freeh, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director overseeing MF Global Holdings Ltd., has filed an updated list of the holding compa

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Exec Blasts Possible Zell Stake In Archstone

01/04/12

A Sam Zell acquisition of a stake in the Archstone apartment company would create a “contentious partnership” that would “inevitably impair the value of Archstone,” a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. real-estate executive said in court papers last week. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: AES Eastern Enters Bankruptcy

01/03/12

Debt-laden electric power company AES Eastern Energy LP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a plan to sell its two upstate New York coal-fired power plants. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Happy Holidays from Bankruptcy Beat!

12/23/11
Associated Press/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Ricky Allen’s dog, Tucker, sports holiday attire on the way to the annual Big Texas Toy Run on Dec.
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