Money Pains

A reorganization plan that General Growth Properties intends to file as soon as Wednesday will give the bankrupt mall operator until Dec.

The media conglomerate seeks another month’s extension to negotiate terms with creditors. With the clock ticking down, Tribune Co

Tribune Co on Wednesday asked a federal bankruptcy judge to give it another month to file a reorganization plan without interference from creditors, including those suing the company.

March 31 — Tribune Co. asked a bankruptcy judge for more time to file a reorganization plan that would avoid lawsuits over whether its $8.3 billion leveraged buyout doomed the publisher to insolvency.

By Michael Oneal | With the clock ticking on a March 31 deadline, Tribune Co. bought more time to negotiate with its fractious creditors Wednesday when it filed a motion in Delaware bankruptcy court to extend until April 30 its exclusive right to propose a reorganization plan in its 15-month-old Chapter 11 case.

STEWARDESS clad only in emergency flotation vest stretches on a jet engine as part of bankrupt budget airline’s new nude calendar.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s lead bankruptcy law firm, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bills the bankrupt investment bank as much as $1,000 an hour for its top lawyers’ time overseas, and $990 an hour for U.S. lawyers.

A large yellow deep-water recovery container was used to hold a fuel truck that went overboard during an August 2007 barge spill in Robson Bight. The recovery operation took place last May at an estimated cost of $2.5 million.

March 31 — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s lead bankruptcy law firm, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bills the bankrupt investment bank as much as $1,000 an hour for its top lawyers’ time overseas, and $990 an hour for U.S. lawyers, according to a court filing yesterday.

March 31 — Lyondell Chemical Co. will pay $162 million to U.S