The Daily Docket: EveryWare Files for Bankruptcy

EveryWare Global Inc ., maker of Anchor Hocking and Oneida kitchen products, filed for chapter 11 protection Tuesday with plans to implement a debt-for-equity swap with senior lenders. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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A judge on Tuesday said LightSquared could continue using the cash that secures its lenders’ loans after brokering a compromise between the company and top lender Charlie Ergen, DBR reports.

The plan to sell the Golf Club at Briar’s Creek in South Carolina out of bankruptcy faces a crucial test: a vote from some of the club’s members, DBR reports in WSJ.

The Erie Otters hockey team, part of the Ontario Hockey League, filed for bankruptcy, the Erie Times-News reports.

An IHOP operator in Maui, Hawaii, filed for bankruptcy, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.

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