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Hopes Rise over Unwinding of Lehman’s Assets

The administrator of Lehman Brothers? German business has sold $2.4 billion of claims against the failed bank to a group of distressed debt funds, in a move that may help expedite the unwinding of the bank?s assets.
Hopes Rise over Unwinding of Lehman’s Assets

Hopes Rise over Unwinding of Lehman’s Assets

The administrator of Lehman Brothers? German business has sold $2.4 billion of claims against the failed bank to a group of distressed debt funds, in a move that may help expedite the unwinding of the bank?s assets.
Hopes Rise over Unwinding of Lehman’s Assets

Bidders Snap Up Salander Possessions

Disgraced art dealer Lawrence Salander, whose art gallery collapsed into bankruptcy in late 2007, is set to be sentenced next week for fraud and grand larceny, but that didn?t stop people from happily buying up the contents of his home in a liquidation auction.

Bidders Snap Up Salander Possessions

More Cities on Brink of Bankruptcy

The chance of a bankruptcy filing by the Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg looms large these days?and it could be just the tip of the iceberg. some on Wall Street expect more to come this year?as many at 10 municipal bankruptcies.
More Cities on Brink of Bankruptcy

General Growth Files for Plan of Reorganization

General Growth Properties said it has filed for a plan of reorganization with a U.S. court and confirmed it is looking to emerge from bankruptcy protection in October with less debt in its balance sheet.
General Growth Files for Plan of Reorganization

The Daily Docket: Madoff Trustee Prepares Lawsuits

The trustee appointed to wind down Bernard Madoff’s firm is preparing to sue investors to recoup proceeds from the Ponzi scheme. General Growth has tapped a new chief financial officer. Tribune’s new chief executive is rethinking how the media company operates.

The Daily Docket: Madoff Trustee Prepares Lawsuits

White House Defends Elizabeth Warren

The White House is standing behind bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren as it continues its search for the leader of its new consumer financial protection bureau, born of the financial regulatory overhaul legislation signed into law last week.

White House Defends Elizabeth Warren

General Growth Files for Plan of Reorganization

General Growth Properties said it has filed for a plan of reorganization with a U.S. court and confirmed it is looking to emerge from bankruptcy protection in October with less debt in its balance sheet.
General Growth Files for Plan of Reorganization

White House Defends Elizabeth Warren

The White House is standing behind bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren as it continues its search for the leader of its new consumer financial protection bureau, born of the financial regulatory overhaul legislation signed into law last week.

White House Defends Elizabeth Warren

Vallejo, California?The Not So Funny Business of Being Broke

Two years ago, the Bay Area city of 120,000 went into a special kind of bankruptcy reserved for local governments called Chapter 9. It allowed the city of break contracts and suspend debt payments.
Vallejo, California?The Not So Funny Business of Being Broke