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Energy Future Bondholders Look to Challenge $890 Million Court Defeat

10/30/15

Energy Future Holdings Corp. bondholders are looking to challenge their defeat in an $890 million court fight.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Why Bankruptcy Often Means the End for Retailers

10/29/15

More than half the major U.S. retailers that have for filed bankruptcy since 2005 ultimately shut down, according to a study from AlixPartners advisory firm.

The authors found roughly 55% of bankrupt retailers never reopened and compared that rate with a separate study that found that non-retailers liquidate in bankruptcy less than 5% of the time.

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Energy Future Holdings Fights $460 Million Interest Claim

10/29/15

Energy Future Holdings Corp. battled in court Wednesday in a bid to defeat bondholder demands for some $460 million in interest, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports.

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Arch Coal Running Out of Options

10/28/15

Arch Coal Inc. is running out of options after its deal to rework $5.1 billion in debt outside the court ell apart.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Boxers Who Rely on 50 Cent’s Firm for Fights Aren’t Happy

10/27/15
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson arrives at the Paley Center For Media’s Hollywood Tribute to African American Achievements in Television in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Energy Future Plan Criticized by Oncor Creditors

10/27/15

Creditors of Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s Oncor business are criticizing the company’s turnaround plan, arguing it isn’t legal or fair. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Hillary Clinton Backs Miners in Peabody, Patriot Benefits Fight

10/26/15
In this April 29, 2013 file photo, coal miners and supporters cheer during a protest outside of Peabody Coal in St. Louis.
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Alpha Natural Resources Plans to Sell 16 Inactive Coal Mines

10/26/15

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. is selling off 16 inactive coal mines as is reorganizes its business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

10/23/15

The fate of the once-ubiquitous Columbia House, the mail-order music firm that advertised cassette tapes for a penny, could crystallize next week in bankruptcy court.

Lawyers for the brand’s owner are preparing to hold an auction on Wednesday if they take in multiple purchase offers by Monday’s bid deadline, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.

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Behind-the-Scenes Hollywood Firms End up in Bankruptcy

10/23/15
Painting crews set up on the base of the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
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