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Patriot Coal Corp. executives must sit for questioning with West Virginia environmental regulators, a judge ruled. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via the Wall Street Journal.

Labor Day has come and gone, but here’s one more sign summer is over: a bus company that ferried Manhattanites to the Hamptons has filed for bankruptcy.

Patriot Coal Corp. averted a bankruptcy showdown with its miners on Thursday after the union representing its workers and the company’s proposed suitor agreed on a new employment pact, The Wall Street Journal reports. The deal still needs a vote of approval from union members.

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