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Syms Shareholders May Get Bankruptcy Committee

11/10/11
Bloomberg

Federal bankruptcy monitors are scouting for shareholders willing to serve on an official committee representing equity stakeholders in the bankruptcy liquidation of cu

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The Daily Docket: Jefferson County Enters Bankruptcy

11/10/11

Alabama’s Jefferson County filed for Chapter 9 protection Wednesday evening with more than $3 billion in debt, the largest bankruptcy of its kind, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Braxton’s Bankruptcy Was ‘Really Great’ For Her

11/09/11
Associated Press

Toni Braxton’s heart is definitely “unbroken” when it comes to her bankruptcy case, in which most of her

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Borders Liquidators Get ‘Something’ From George Harrison Guitar

11/09/11
Associated Press
George Harrison performs at a concert in London in this 1995 file photo.

The sun has come out for liquidators of Borders Group Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Slashes Dynegy Loan Money

11/09/11

A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday slashed the amount of money Dynegy Inc.’s holding company can immediately lend to four subsidiaries to keep the entities running during bankruptcy, in light of serious questions raised in court by Dynegy bondholders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Cast Your Bid for Kluge’s Cupids

11/08/11
Associated Press/Daily Progress
Patricia Kluge stands with her husband, Bill Moses.

So you missed your chance to bid on Patricia Kluge’s 24,000-square-foot, 45-room cou

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The Daily Docket: Dynegy Holding Company Enters Bankruptcy

11/08/11

Dynegy Inc.’s holding company filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday night, The Wall Street Journal reports. The bankruptcy filing could cause bondholder losses without harming shareholders of the parent company.

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MTV Settles Lawsuit From Boy-Band Creator

11/07/11

It’s not “All or Nothing” in boy-band creator Louis J. Pearlman’s bankruptcy.

That’s because Pearlman’s bankruptcy trustee has settled with MTV in a legal battle over the network’s “Making the Band,” which spawned the boy band O-Town and its (only) No. 1 single in the U.S., “All or Nothing.”

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The Daily Docket: Dish Closer to Owning TerreStar, DBSD

11/07/11

Dish Network Corp. is a giant step closer to owning TerreStar Networks Inc. and DBSD North America Inc., after settling a long legal fight with Sprint Nextel Corp. over a satellite-licensing agreement. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Los Angeles Dodgers Edition

11/04/11

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, it looks like the Los Angeles Dodgers are stepping up to be sold, and former outfielder Lenny Dysktra’s going for a knockout. Also this week, another of Bravos’ “Real Housewives” has some bankruptcy-court drama, and the newest James Bond movie has started filming nearly a year after Metro-Goldwyn-Myer Inc. filed for bankruptcy.

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