Dubai’s Drake & Scull says capital restructuring completed – ArabianBusiness.com

Drake & Scull International (DSI) has announced that it has successfully completed its capital restructuring program which started at the beginning of the fiscal year. The company also welcomed a AED500 million ($136.1 million) investment by Tabarak Investment which will enable DSIs new leadership to move forward with its operational plans. DSI said it plans…

State Farm offering buyouts in IT restructuring – Bloomington Pantagraph

BLOOMINGTON  State Farm plans to let some local employees go, but will continue to have the same number of workers in Bloomington-Normal while restructuring its information technology department over the next year. “Job reductions will begin by offering a severance payment to certain employees who voluntarily elect to leave the company. We are uncertain how…

Appvion Receives Court Approval of First Day Motions to Support Ongoing Operations – Markets Insider

APPLETON, Wis., Oct. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Appvion, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that it has received approval from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware of all of the first day motions related to its Chapter 11 filing. Collectively, the orders issued by the Bankruptcy Court will help ensure that the Company continues…

Appvion Receives Court Approval of First Day Motions to Support Ongoing Operations – PR Newswire (press release)

“We remain focused on operating our business as usual and serving our customers’ needs as we continue constructive discussions with our lenders on an expedited restructuring and emergence,” said Kevin Gilligan, Chief Executive Officer of Appvion. “The approval of our first day motions transitions us smoothly into our restructuring process, from which we expect to…

Appvion Initiates Process to Restructure Debt and Position Business for Long-Term Success – What They Think

Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Press release from the issuing company Discussions Continuing with Lenders on Plan for Expedited Restructuring and Emergence Appleton, Wis. – Appvion, Inc. (the Company) today announced that it and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy…

Dubai returns to court over ship-repair company’s $2.1bn debt – Financial Times

Dubais Drydocks World has returned to the courts to push through a $2.1bn debt restructuring, clearing the path for the troubled ship-repair business sale to a sister company, DP World, the emirates port operator. The maritime engineering business, a unit of the government-owned Dubai World conglomerate, in 2012 had to use bespoke insolvency legislation to…

HomeStreet Announces Restructuring of Mortgage Banking Segment – Business Wire (press release)

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Due to reduced expectations for single family loan origination volume in the Mortgage Banking segment, HomeStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq:HMST), parent company of HomeStreet Bank, today announced a restructuring of that segment, including: A reduction in force of 60 full time equivalent employees HomeStreet Banks second reduction in force this year in its Mortgage Banking segment,…

Four attorneys elected as Members at McDonald Hopkins – Markets Insider

CLEVELAND, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — McDonald Hopkins LLC has announced the election of four attorneys to the firm’s membership. McDonald Hopkins, with offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Chicago, West Palm Beach and Miami, named Alexa Guevara (West Palm Beach), Joshua Gadharf (Detroit), Jason Harley (Columbus) and Ilirjan Pipa (Cleveland) members, effective October 1, 2017. “This…