Daily Archives: April 27, 2011

Rinker Hitting The Dusty Trail

When was the last time someone decided to leave The Hartford Courant to ride 1,700 miles of the Oregon Trail in a 19th-century covered wagon drawn by a team of three mules (named Beck, Beaut and Jake)? That’s what Rinker Buck is doing. He’ll chronicle the adventure – which he’ll start next month in Kansas [...]

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Possibly Getting Unscrewed

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kevin Carey is letting Tribune bondholders sue the company’s former shareholders for profits they took from the company before its ill-fated and possibly fraudulent leveraged buyout. Can you imagine? Sam Zell and his cohorts cut a bogus deal that pays shareholders (including a lot of top executives) millions, saddling the remains [...]

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