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Herbst Gaming files Chapter 11 plan

Herbst Gaming filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan Sunday that will result in the company losing ownership of its 15 casinos but retaining control of its Nevada slot machine route.

Deficit Boss Alan Simpson Has Been Trying To Slash Social Security Forever

When Alan Simpson stepped in it late Tuesday he probably didn't think he'd find himself on the receiving end of a barrage of criticism and calls for him to resign his position as co-chair of the White House's fiscal reform commission.

Apex Digital, Inc. Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition to Reorganize Business

WALNUT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apex Digital, Inc. (the “Company”), one of America’s leading providers of Apex Digital-branded TV’s, DVDs, Blue-Ray, CTV, converter set top boxes and related products, announced today that it has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Apex Digital Inc. will pursue approval of a restructuring plan that ...

General Growth, Apex, L&H Trucking, Visteon, Newark Group: Bankruptcy

Blackstone Group LP , the world’s largest buyout firm, agreed to invest $500 million in General Growth Properties Inc. as part of its restructuring plan as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission opened a formal insider- trading probe of some of the mall owner’s officials.

Isolate, Expose, Avoid

What does it mean when a public lobbying firm says that a key objective is to “isolate and expose extremists”? Public records recently obtained from Southwestern College offer a rare peek into the strategies of Focuscom, a San Diego–based marketing company.