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The Daily Docket: Borders Preps for Sale

07/29/11

As liquidators work to clear books from its retail shelves, Borders Group Inc. is preparing for a sale that could enable the bookseller’s brand to live on even after its stores go dark. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Giordano’s Trustee Accuses Franchise Owners of Conspiracy

07/28/11
Melanie Cohen

The bankruptcy trustee in charge of troubled Chicago pizza chain Giordano’s is suing most of the restaurant’s franchise owners, accusing them of conspiring t

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Inks Loan-Portfolio Deal

07/28/11

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. struck a deal with WCAS Fraser Sullivan Investment Management LLC that will allow the failed investment bank to turn its $5.3 billion commercial-loan portfolio into cash. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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Beso Investor Wants to Put Longoria Under Spotlight

07/27/11
Reuters

Eva Longoria is used to the spotlight, but the latest request for the actress’s appearance doesn’t involve the red carpet.

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The Daily Docket: U.K. Court Dismisses Lehman Appeal

07/27/11

Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by units of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon, a win for investors in a high-stakes legal dispute involving complex derivatives transactions that has divided courts on both sides of the Atlantic. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Russian Mogul Pulls Electric Car from Financial Wreckage

07/26/11
Associated Press
Karl Turner, director of manufacturing for Think, leads a tour of the Think plant in Elkhart, Ind.

It’s an electric car with more lives than a Jaguar.

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GM Bankruptcy ‘Unusually Inexpensive’

07/26/11
Getty Images

The total professional bill for General Motors’ bankruptcy case topped $110 million, but for a company of that size, the charges are astonishingly low, said Lynn

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Bankruptcy Beat Snapshot: Brian Resnick

07/26/11

Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Graduate of Columbia Law School.

Performed on “Saturday Night Live” with Tina Fey and Rudy Giuliani.

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The Daily Docket: W.R. Grace Lenders Push For $1 Billion-Plus Payout

07/26/11

W.R. Grace & Co. lenders say a Philadelphia federal judge risks setting up a clash with the New York courts if he lets the specialty-chemical company exit bankruptcy without handing over an additional $140 million to them. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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A U.S. Default? Bankruptcy Experts Say No

07/25/11
EPA
President Barack Obama reporting progress in debt talks on July 19

Take two bankruptcy attorneys, one investment banker and a distressed-debt investor and you should end up wit

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