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According to The Wall Street Journal , Fiat SpA is set to get full control of Chrysler Group LLC in a deal worth $4.35 billion. ... Read full article

Bankruptcies may have slowed in 2013, but we’ve still had our share of action. Celebrities ruled Bankruptcy Beat’s top posts of the year by page views, taking eight of our top 11 spots. It’s the final countdown (of 2013): 11. Flying High New Bill Would ... Read full article

LightSquared Inc.’s recently overhauled restructuring plan, which faces objections from certain creditors, is currently the best option on the table, say the wireless venture’s independent directors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall ... Read full article

Bloomberg News A recent bankruptcy-court decision in favor of Michigan’s state housing authority’s decision to terminate a swaps deal with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Read full article

To expand its municipal restructuring practice, FTI Consulting Inc. is turning to someone with firsthand experience: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez , who shepherded the small town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., through its 2012 bankruptcy. ... Read full article

By Anders J. Maxwell To life’s certainties—death and taxes—you can add year-end predictions of things to come. As unreliable as the weather, nonetheless trying to divine the future based on recent experience and the economy’s knowns and unknowns set ... Read full article

To expand its municipal restructuring practice, FTI Consulting Inc. is turning to someone with firsthand experience: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez , who shepherded the small town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., through its 2012 bankruptcy. ... Read full article

Bloomberg News A recent bankruptcy-court decision in favor of Michigan’s state housing authority’s decision to terminate a swaps deal with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Read full article

By Anders J. Maxwell To life’s certainties—death and taxes—you can add year-end predictions of things to come. As unreliable as the weather, nonetheless trying to divine the future based on recent experience and the economy’s knowns and unknowns set ... Read full article

Bret Hartman/AP Images for Friskies Friskies “spokescat” Grumpy Cat sits on Santa’s lap at the world premiere event for the music video “Hard to Be a Cat at Christmas” on Tue ... Read full article

Fortress Investment Group LLC is talking to banks about acquiring LightSquared Inc. from bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Fortress Investment Group LLC is talking to banks about acquiring LightSquared Inc. from bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Bret Hartman/AP Images for Friskies Friskies “spokescat” Grumpy Cat sits on Santa’s lap at the world premiere event for the music video “Hard to Be a Cat at Christmas” on Tue ... Read full article

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan is losing two veteran judges to retirement next year. Judge James Peck, who presided over the historic Lehman Brothers Chapter 11, will retire at the end of next month, and Kodak Judge Allan L. Gropper will step down ... Read full article

Health-care company Aurora Diagnostics Holdings LLC hired restructuring advisers, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Plastic-container maker Constar International Holdings LLC on Thursday returned to bankruptcy for the third time, and is marching toward the auction block. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

A federal judge says corporate bankruptcy lawyers and advisers should err on the side of transparency when seeking court approval for the “handsome” fees they charge their clients. A kerfuffle over professional fees in the bankruptcy case of investment ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Rhode Island’s governor blasts Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios and Taylor Swift helps out the Nashville Symphony. Also, another N-Dubz member is in financial trouble. ... Read full article