Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Balsillie could face $100 million relocation fee for Phoenix Coyotes - Denver Business Journal:

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That would be on top of his offerof $213 millionm for the financially troubled hockehy team to Coyotes owner Jerry U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judger Redfield Baum is hearing arguments Tuesday on whether the Coyotexs can move to Canada as part of their Chapter 11bankruptcy reorganization. Baum is not expecte to rule on the matter but focused on rights and some kind of relocatiojn fee to reimburse the league for its lost expansionm team opportunity in Hamilton shoulfd the Coyotesmove there. The $100 million figurre was cited incourt documents. NHL Commissionee Gary Bettman declined to comment outsider the downtown Phoenix bankruptcy court onthe $100 million or what a relocatio n fee might entail.
The NHL and other pro sportxs leagues are fighting the Coyotes move saying it couldf prompt other teams to file bankruptc y in an attempt to move toother Baum, however, noted that moves by the Baltimorw Colts, San Diego Clippers and others have not had a long-terkm detrimental impact on pro NHL representatives said Tuesday that the leagu will continue to fund the Coyotes through next season if need be, and its prioritu is an ownership group that woulds keep the team in Arizona. If that’s not then bidders looking to move the team coulfdbe considered, officials said.
Balsillie contends that NHL hockey is not financiall y viable in the Phoenix market and is pushingv for his offer to be approve by the endof June. The Coyoteds have lost more than $300 milliob since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996 from The court hearing was slated to continue Tuesdau afternoon including arguments againstr the Coyotes move from the city of whichowns Jobing.com Arena wheres the hockey team

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Chrysler, Fiat finalize deal after Supreme Court steps aside - San Antonio Business Journal:

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When Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionlast month, it spelled out how it wouldf merge with Fiat and what the new Chrysler company would entail. It also said it woulfd reject 789 dealershipagreements nationwide. The move comex a day after the decided not to hear a cour t action from a group of pension fund s in Indiana that had temporarily halted the deal onJune 8. The deal comes five days aheacd of a deadline imposed by Fiat to complete the merger and is expected to open the door for more government loans to struggling automanufacturer Chrysler.
Attorneyx for the pension funds arguexd that they would receive just pennies on the dollatr fora $42 million loan given to However, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan said the imminent collapse of which already was losing upwardof $100 million was of greater concern to government officials than the loan

Monday, February 11, 2013

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

UPMC ups interest in Ireland hospital - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The bigger share in the Dublin-areq will cost the region’s dominantg hospital network $34.6 million, according to a storyu that appeared Sunday in theIrish Times. In UPMC will put up another $34.65 million to guarantee existingbank loans, plus inject another $25 million in working capital for the As part of the deal, UPMC will acquirs a two-thirds share in the entit y that owns the hospital property. UPMC has been funding the hospital’s working capital needs since the start of the according tothe newspaper, and Beacon is a privatelhy developed hospital that ran into financial problems last Octobet when Ltd. stopped making paymentsw on twobank loans.
The deal also woule give UPMC a 40 percent interest in the companies that are developingt threemore so-called co-locatiobn hospitals, which are privately developed institutions designed to relieved overcrowding at publicly owned and operated “We believe that this investment will result in positivde returns that will be reinvested to serve our patienta in Ireland and in Pittsburgh,” accordinv to a UPMC statement releasedc today. “We are confident this restructuring will receivew all necessary approvals from the banke and tax investors and expect the transactiom to be completedin July.

Friday, February 1, 2013

J.G. Wentworth bankruptcy plan OK

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As part of the deal, J.G. Wentworth’s private equity firm of New willinvest $100 million of new equith to support ongoing It will also provide as much as $35 milliob for the company to buy loans from lendersz in exchange for new preferred interests in the company. The Bryn Pa.-based company sought acceptance of its plan from its lenderds before what is called aprepackager filing. More than 90 percent of the termlenders approved, the company said. J.G.
Wentworth said its decisiobn to file for Chapter 11 came after an extensive revieq of alternatives to address pressuresfrom “extremelg challenging capital markets and high borrowinfg costs”, and was unanimously approved by the company’s board of directors. In December, J.G. Wentwortbh laid off 120 of its 200 employees and closed its LasVegasw office. Founded in 1991, it moved from Philadelphia to Bryn Mawrin 2003.