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Contec Holdings Ltd., the cable-box repair company owned by Bain Capital Partners, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday with a plan in hand to restructure some $360 million in debt.

Tribune Co. owners are again casting around for candidates to lead the troubled media outfit, which has been in Chapter 11 for more than three years. Former NBCUniversal boss Jeff Zucker is a leading candidate to run the debt-plagued newspaper and TV station company, sources said.

The maker of Twinkies, Sno Balls and Wonder Bread is trying to lose the fat. Hostess Brands is hoping to cut its high costs as it heads back into bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a decade.

Eastman Kodak is preparing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing in case it is unable to sell its digital patents to raise capital, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The once-iconic photographic film pioneer is in talks with potential lenders to secure about $1 billion in debtor-in possession financing to sustain Kodak through bankruptcy proceedings, the Journal reported, citing unidentified sources.

American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labor struggles.

A bankruptcy judge rejected Washington Mutual's Chapter 11 plan for a second time, finding the company was too generous with senior creditors but not dismissing the central details of the plan.

Michael Conway was the founder and CEO of National Airlines. The mission of the airline was to bring tourists to Las Vegas, to visit their money I suppose. The airline started service in 1999, but was never profitable. In December 2000 it went into Chapter 11.

Bookseller Borders, which helped pioneer superstores that put countless mom-and-pop bookshops out of business, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, sunk by crushing debt and...

American Media Inc, publisher of the National Enquirer and Star supermarket tabloids, on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels resigned Friday amid tales of raunchy behavior as one of America's biggest media companies looked to shift attention back to its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Hours later, the company filed its latest reorganization plan in court.