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No decision decision on Trib bankruptcy
s bankruptcy case Monday tossed out both of the competing plans aimed at reorganizing the company. The rendering, by US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey, also included a threat to appoint a trustee to resolve the case if creditors can't agree on a solution
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:19A
CME Net Jumps 29%
CME Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings jumped 29% amid a double-digit jump in clearing and transaction fee revenue, but the results were overshadowed by the exchange operator's exposure to the bankruptcy of MF Global
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:19A
S&P 500 Index Ease 2.6% on Renewed Euro Zone Volatility
MF Global may face regulatory investigation in bankruptcy. US stocks opened sharply lower and popular indexes dropped more than 2% in the early trading. The declines were rooted in Europe after Greece decided to seek a referendum on the EU bailout deal
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:19A
Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas is Investigating MF Global in Light of Its
1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Securities Law Firm of Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP, www.sseklaw.com, is investigating MF Global Holdings LTD headquartered in New York City, New York in light of its bankruptcy filing on October 31, 2011.
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:18A
Ashurst and Weil lead as MF Global files for bankruptcy protection
Ashurst and Weil Gotshal & Manges have won key London roles after broker MF Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US and went into administration in the UK. Weil has put 13 fee-earners on the deal, with one City restructuring partner
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:17A
Objections filed to CF contract changes
CENTRAL FALLS, RI (AP) - Retired police and firefighters and unions representing municipal employees in Central Falls have filed objections in federal bankruptcy court to a state receiver's plan to change their pensions and contracts.
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:14A
Market volatility boosts CME Group
CME Group admitted that it had failed to detect that MF Global, the broker-dealer that filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, had broken rules on segregating money in customer accounts from its own trading accounts.
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:06A
Greek referendum plan stuns Europe, markets
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has offered voters a referendum on the latest EU deal to rescue the country from bankruptcy, which could lead to Greece's exit from the eurozone and new parliamentary elections. Greece's government was thrown in
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:05A
REPORT: McCourt close to selling Dodgers
McCourt and Major League Baseball are close to an agreement on a bankruptcy settlement. Included in the settlement is an agreement that McCourt would sell the team. He would get some control over the sale,. The Times reports the purchase probably would
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:04A
CME claims MF Global didn't segregate client collateral
By Bloomberg MF Global Holdings, under investigation by US regulators after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, violated requirements that it keep clients' collateral separate from its own accounts, CME Group CEO Craig Donohue said Tuesday.
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:03A