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Administration nears for Hearts FC

Hearts are set to formally go into administration later - but could be blocked in their bid to appoint the company they want to take charge of the process.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Seattle Times

$57M Blixseth tax case to resume in July

Montana tax authorities say a federal court hearing over a $57 million tax dispute with luxury real estate developer Tim Blixseth will resume in July.

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Related Topix: Economics News

The Hartford Courant

Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit

Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Manufacturing, Eastman Kodak, Photography, Rochester, NY, Ansonia, CT

Celebrity Dirty Laundry

Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice's Bankruptcy Looms! - But $11...

During season two of Real Housewives of New Jersey news broke that Joe and Teresa Giudice are $11 million dollars in debt.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Entertainment, Television, The Real Housewives

Canada.com

Fall of a Canadian fitness empire: Muscle Mag parent files for bankruptcy

What began with scraps of paper at a Brampton, Ont., kitchen table nearly 40 years ago grew into a Canadian fitness and health publishing empire, with the company's founder counting bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger among his friends.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Canada, Weight Training, Fitness, Folk, The Kennedys

Seattle Times

US safety agency investigating Suzuki small SUVs

U.S. safety regulators said Tuesday that they are investigating problems with air bag sensors in the seats of some small Suzuki SUVs.

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The Star Press

Exide seeks bankruptcy court protection

Exide Technologies, one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries, says its chapter 11 bankruptcy petition will not interrupt operations, including those at its Muncie factory.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Muncie, IN, Ball State University

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Townhall

Tom Borelli: Progressives Blame Capitalism Instead of Obama For Patriot Coal Bankruptcy

The American coal industry is in free-fall and companies are being forced to do whatever it takes to keep from closing their doors.

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GuardMyCreditFile

Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy Proceedings May Now Be Possible for Some People

June 17, 2013 - In two separate rulings, and in two separate federal circuits, appeals courts have now allowed the discharge of federally backed student loans in two bankruptcy cases.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Personal Finance, Social Security

KHOU-TV Houston

Tribune ends bankruptcy stint with lower earnings

The company that owns the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and more than 20 television station made slightly less money last year as it ended a lengthy ordeal in bankruptcy court.

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Related Topix: Tribune Company, Economics News

Bloomberg

Detroit Recovery Plan Threatens Underpinnings of Muni Market

Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's plan to suspend payments on $2 billion of Detroit's debt threatens a basic tenet of the $3.7 trillion municipal market: that states and cities will raise taxes as high as needed to avoid default.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Rick Snyder, US Governors, Financial Markets, Economics News

Sunherald.com

Greek coalition wrestles to avoid collapse

Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' fragile three-party coalition formed to save debt-stifled Greece from bankruptcy this time last year is now flirting with the political instability that has forced three changes of government in as many years.

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Reuters

UPDATE 2-Orchard Supply files for Chapter 11, Lowe's steps in

Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court documents showed on Monday, with rival retailer Lowe's Companies set to buy the majority of its assets for $205 million in cash.

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Related Topix: Oil Search, Energy, Oil & Gas, Economics News, Retail, Lowes Companies, Household Products, Sears Holdings Corporation

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Examiner.com

'RHONJ' star Teresa Giudice admits that bankruptcy is far from over

"The Real Housewives of New Jersey " star Teresa Giudice sold herself as a wealthy housewife to three adorable daughters and a hardworking man on the first season of the show.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Entertainment, Television, The Real Housewives

Journal Gazette

Blended airline names new execs

The companies last week named eight senior executives, including five from US Airways and three from American parent AMR Corp. AMR and US Airways Group Inc. hope to complete their proposed merger this summer.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, US Airways Group, AMR, Fort Worth, TX, Economics News

Outside the Beltway

Detroit's Pre-Bankruptcy Negotiating Game May Not Be Working.

The emergency manager who was sent to reverse the fortunes of this financially troubled city asked some of its creditors on Friday to accept pennies on the dollar as he laid out his plan for tackling Detroit's staggering debt, kick-starting negotiations that could determine whether the city is headed to bankruptcy court.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Conservative Political News, US News

Seattle Times

Billionaire's coal struggles irking biz owners

West Virginia billionaire Jim Justice made his fortune in coal and agriculture, and he is revered in his home state as the man who rescued the historic Greenbrier resort from bankruptcy.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Harlan, KY, Hindman, KY

The Hartford Courant

Analysis: Why bankrupt W.R. Grace is thriving

A company stuck in bankruptcy for 12 years may not seem like much of a catch, but investors have fallen in love with U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace & Co and its surging sales to the energy sector.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Manufacturing, W R Grace , Chemicals, Libby, MT, Ansonia, CT

Real Bollywood

Comedian Sinbad broke gain, files for bankruptcy again

Los Angeles, June 16: Sinbad, the 1990s comedian, has claimed he is broke again and reportedly he is filing for bankruptcy for the second time since 2009.

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Related Topix: Family, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Jingle All the Way, Houseguest, Adventure, Economics News, Sinbad

Detroit Free Press

Detroiters' best assets: Resilience, hope

Bishop Andrew Merritt of the Straight Gate International Church located in Detroit in the sanctuary of his church on Saturday June 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Economics News, University of Pennsylvania