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The Daily Docket: Lee Enterprises to Enter Bankruptcy

12/05/11

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises Inc. said Friday it’s preparing to file a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy within the next 10 days as it struggles to refinance its heavy debt load. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Pop Music Edition

12/02/11

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the company that hosted Michael Jackson’s memorial concert danced into administration. We also report on a TLC band member falling into bankruptcy and boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman’s bankruptcy trustee’s bad news for Ponzi-scheme victims.

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The Daily Docket: Dynegy Holdings Files Exit Plan

12/02/11

Dynegy Inc. appointed a new chairman and said it joined its Dynegy Holdings LLC unit in filing a proposed reorganization plan with the U.S. bankruptcy court. Read the article in Daily Bankruptcy Review.

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A&P Lists More Stores to Stay Open

12/01/11
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., which owns the A&P, Pathmark and SuperFresh supermarket chains among others, has released a list of store leases it plans to assume, or keep, when it exits bankrup

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Strikes Claims Deal

12/01/11

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., on the heels of winning “overwhelming” support from creditors for its Chapter 11 plan, struck a deal concerning nearly $4 billion in priority claims from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were seized by the U.S. government shortly before Lehman’s collapse. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Dippin’ Dots Makes Bounce Toward Grocery Stores

11/30/11
Peppermint with Oreo, the new holiday flavor for Dippin’ Dots

The financial strain at Dippin’ Dots Inc., which is in bankruptcy, hasn’t thrown off the researchers at its Kentu

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Bankruptcy Plan Garners Overwhelming Support

11/30/11

Some 95% of creditors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its affiliates overwhelmingly approved its latest reorganization proposal, bringing the failed investment bank a step closer to paying back some of what it owes. Read the story here in the Daily Bankruptcy Review.

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The Daily Docket: AMR Flies Into Bankruptcy

11/29/11

AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Restructuring Experts Balk At Muni Meltdown Prediction

11/28/11

Sorry, Meredith Whitney, but your prediction of hundreds of billions of dollars in municipal bond defaults will just not come to pass. So says a panel of restructuring experts, pointing to not only a lack of political will but also to legal hurdles for counties, cities and other municipal entities.

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Bankruptcy Attorney Clowns Around in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

11/28/11
Courtesy of Chuck Tatelbaum
The breakfast clowns, including Tatelbaum, far left, and wife Kitty

Charles “Chuck” Tatelbaum’s gig as a clown in the 85th annual Macy’s Tha

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