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1. Current issues affecting utility bankruptcies

Author

South, George B., Swenson, Erik J.A., and Saunders, Gary A.

Subjects
United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Cases, NRG Energy Inc. -- Finance, NRG Energy Inc. -- Cases, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. -- Finance, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. -- Cases, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Cases, Bankruptcy law -- Interpretation and construction, Bankruptcy law -- Cases, Bankruptcy reorganizations -- Forecasts and trends, Public utilities -- Finance, Public utilities -- Laws, regulations and rules, Public utilities -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, Company bankruptcy, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Bankruptcy Code of 1978
Abstract

The purpose of reorganization under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code) is to allow an individual, partnership, or corporation engaged in a business [...]

Published
2004

2. Supplementary reports

Subjects
Diageo PLC -- Securities, Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc. -- Securities, Mead Corp. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Westvaco Corp. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Duke Realty Corp. -- Finance, Toys 'R' Us Inc. -- Management, PAXAR Corp. -- Finance, Kennametal Inc. (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) -- Finance, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. -- Finance, PanCanadian Energy Corp. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Columbia Sportswear Co. -- Finance, Lear Corp. -- Finance, MGM MIRAGE Inc. -- Finance, Pulte Homes Inc. -- Finance, Tyco International Inc. -- Securities, ArthroCare Corp. -- Finance, The Williams Companies Inc. -- Securities, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. -- Securities, Thomas Industries Inc. -- Finance, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. -- Finance, Plum Creek Timber Company Inc. -- Finance, Bandag Inc. -- Finance, XL Capital Ltd. -- Finance, Foster Wheeler Corp. -- Finance, Manpower Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- Finance, Tollgrade Communications Inc. -- Finance, UGI Corp. -- Finance, Cable Design Technologies Corp. -- Finance, Business, Business, general
Published
2002

3. Banks Make Mirant Pay Up: A painless process for most, refinancing is brutal and costly for power providers

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Banking industry -- Investments, Electric utilities -- Finance, Company investment, Company financing, Banking industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

As companies continue to jump in to refinance debt at historically low interest rates, the process for most is a quick and painless one. But for battered borrowers in out-of-favor [...]

Published
2003

4. Utilities' Lament: Oh, to be Southern Mirant-free Southern thrives, but other utilities stuck with their problem children

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, National Energy & Gas Transmission Inc. -- Finance, Southern Co. (Atlanta, Georgia) -- Finance, Securities industry -- Marketing, Electric utilities -- Finance, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

When Southern Company spun off its power producing and marketing subsidiary in 2001, management probably didn't know the trouble it was saving itself. One year later, Southern is positively thriving, [...]

Published
2002

5. Shocks to the system; Energy trading

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Dynegy Inc. -- Finance, Williams Energy Group -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Gas industry -- Finance, Business, Economics, Business, international, Company financing, Finance
Abstract

Will the lights keep burning in America this summer? A WICKED mix of debt and deflation is ripping through America's energy-trading industry, leaving blackened balance sheets in its wake. Despite [...]

Published
2002

6. California Turmoil Shakes, But Can't Stop, the Boom in Utility Finance: High costs, tottering power companies and legal questions abound

Author

Christopher.oleary@tfn.com), Christopher O'Leary

Subjects
California -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

While the utility finance market is going gangbusters, posting increased issuance rates for both debt and equity, concern about what some consider to be a disaster in the making in [...]

Published
2000

7. Mirant starts paying shareholders: Southern spun off subsidiary in 2001. 12.5 cents per share comes 6 years after bankruptcy filing

Author

Markiewicz, David

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Bankruptcy, Stockholders, Wages, Company financing, Company bankruptcy, Salary, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: David Markiewicz Six years after the old Mirant Corp. tumbled into bankruptcy, and more than three years after it emerged, former shareholders are starting to get what's coming to [...]

Published
2009

8. Mirant juggles debt. (Company Results)

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Company financing, Business, Economics, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

In the face of a critical refinancing hurdle in mid-July, Mirant moved to cleanse its books, release liquidity and fend off possible default. The company is continuing in talks with [...]

Published
2003

9. Mirant, Power Producer, Exits Bankruptcy

Subjects
Company financing, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance
Abstract

The Mirant Corporation, which owns power plants in 12 states, exited bankruptcy yesterday and said it would complete a first round of distributions to creditors this month. Judge D. Michael […]

Published
2006

10. Mirant reports loss for 4th quarter

Author

Smith, Rebecca

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business losses -- Reports, Company financing, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2004

11. Loss of $2.2 billion is posted, 5% of workers to be eliminated

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Human resource management, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Human resource management, Company personnel management, Company earnings/profit, Business, Business, general
Published
2003

13. Mirant loses key lenders' favor, files for bankruptcy protection

Author

Smith, Rebecca and Pacelle, Mitchell

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Investor relations, Mirant Corp. -- Management, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Investor relations, Electric utilities -- Management, Debtor and creditor -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Bankruptcy -- Cases, Company bankruptcy, Company financing, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company organization, Company legal issue, Business, Business, general
Published
2003

14. MIRANT GETS NOTICE IT DEFAULTED ON CREDIT AGREEMENT

Subjects
Company financing, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Default (Finance), Electric utilities -- Finance
Abstract

The Mirant Corporation said it received notice of credit default as it revised a note-exchange offer and asked banks to approve a possible plan for bankruptcy. Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper […]

Published
2003

15. Mirant warns of bankruptcy unless debt plan is approved

Author

Smith, Rebecca

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Management, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Management, Company financing, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company organization, Business, Business, general
Published
2003

16. Mirant Corp

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Company financing, Business, Business, general
Published
2003

17. KPMG doubts Mirant's viability as going concern

Author

Smith, Rebecca

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Accounting and auditing, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, KPMG L.L.P. (New York, New York) -- Reports, Electric utilities -- Accounting and auditing, Electric utilities -- Finance, Accounting firms -- Reports, Company financing, Business, Business, general
Published
2003

18. Mirant to free up cash in effort to avoid bankruptcy

Subjects
Company financing, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance
Abstract

The Mirant Corporation, an electricity producer and natural gas trader, said it would pay $270 million to cancel orders for power plant turbines and would cut gas sales by half, […]

Published
2003

20. Mirant restates quarter's results, cites accounting

Author

Smith, Rebecca

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Accounting and auditing, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Accounting and auditing, Company earnings/profit, Business, Business, general
Published
2002

21. Mirant says profits were overstated by $41 million

Subjects
Company financing, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance
Abstract

Mirant, an energy trader, said yesterday that bookkeeping errors had caused it to overstate profit by $41 million since 1999, and that federal prosecutors were investigating its accounting. Mirant, whose […]

Published
2002

23. Energy firms cite power prices, weak economy

Author

Rundle, Rhonda L. and Mollenkamp, Carrick

Subjects
AES Corp. -- Finance, Entergy Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, Business, general
Published
2002

24. Energy firms tally costs of Enron's woes

Author

Barrionuevo, Alexei and Spagat, Elliott

Subjects
Enron Corp. -- Finance, Duke Energy Corp. -- Finance, The Williams Companies Inc. -- Finance, Reliant Energy Inc. (Houston, Texas) -- Finance, Dynegy Inc. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Gas transmission industry -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Gas utilities -- Finance, Gas industry -- Finance, Business, Business, general
Published
2001

25. Going under -- week of September 17, 2001

Author

Haas, Matthew

Subjects
CenterPoint Energy Inc. -- Finance, Southern California Edison Co. -- Finance, Enitel A/S -- Finance, Dylex Ltd. -- Finance, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. -- Finance, MCMS Inc. -- Finance, American Tissue Inc. -- Finance, KPS Special Situations Fund L.P. -- Finance, Wolf Camera Inc. -- Finance, Genesis Worldwide Inc. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Ritz Camera & Image, L.L.C. -- Finance, Sterling Chemicals Holdings Inc. -- Finance, Pasminco Ltd. -- Finance, Pegasus Partners II L.P. -- Finance, Newport Creamery Inc. -- Finance, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. -- Finance, Restaurants -- Reports -- Finance, Restaurant industry -- Finance -- Reports, Business failures -- Reports, Company financing, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

Byline: Matthew Haas Dominating bankruptcy news during the week was additional fallout from the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Three airlines appealed to a Senate Transportation Committee for the adoption [...]

Published
2001

27. Creditors push for SoCal Edison bankruptcy

Subjects
Electric utilities -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, CenterPoint Energy Inc. -- Finance, Southern California Edison Co. -- Finance
Abstract

Byline: Danny Fortson in San Francisco On the same day the parent company of California's Pacific Gas & Electric Co. proposed a $13.2 billion plan to emerge from Chapter 11, […]

Published
2001

29. Trading flurry follows filing of Mirant plan

Author

Laffitte, Michelle Sierra

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Planning, Mirant Corp. -- Securities, Mirant Americas Generation L.L.C. -- Finance, Mirant Americas Generation L.L.C. -- Securities, Mirant Americas Generation L.L.C. -- Planning, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Planning, Electric utilities -- Securities, Company business planning, Company securities, Company financing, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

A total of nearly $400 million of Mirant Corp. and Mirant Americas Generation (MAGI) bank debt traded last week after Mirant filed its long-awaited reorganization plan. Market players swapped as [...]

Published
2005

31. Thacher Proffitt Announces New Lateral Bankruptcy Partner, Hugh McDonald

Subjects
Thacher Proffitt & Wood L.L.P. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Enron Corp. -- Finance, Allen & Overy L.L.P. -- Finance, Law firms -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Gas transmission industry -- Finance, Bankruptcy, Company bankruptcy, Company financing, Business, Business, international
Abstract

NEW YORK -- Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP announced today that Hugh McDonald has joined the firm as partner in the Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group, resident in the [...]

Published
2008

32. Bankruptcy Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against Wilson Law Firm in Mirant's Chapter 11 Case

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Law firms -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Legal services, Bankruptcy reorganizations, Company financing, Company bankruptcy, Legal services, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ATLANTA, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mirant (Pink Sheets: MIRKQ) announced that on October 17, 2005, the company and William Snyder, the examiner appointed by order of the United States Bankruptcy [...]

Published
2005

33. Are Corporate Family Chapter 11 Filings Governed by a Different Good Faith Standard?

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Cases, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Cases, Electric utilities -- Finance, Bankruptcy reorganizations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bankruptcy law -- Interpretation and construction, Company bankruptcy, Company financing, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Business, international
Abstract

The distinction between recourse to chapter 11 protection as a legitimate means to maximize the value of a company's assets and/or to restructure its financially troubled yet otherwise viable operations, [...]

Published
2005

34. L.A. fund scores with Mirant

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Company financing, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Los Angeles-based Aria Partners' fund was up 1.35% in September partly due to a long position in stocks and bonds of Mirant Corporation. The bankrupt energy concern had been going [...]

Published
2005

35. Mirant More Than Doubles Second Quarter Earnings

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

* Strong business outlook targets 2002 earnings of $2.55 to $2.65 * Five-fold increase reported in quarterly earnings from Americas operations * Integrated business model continues to drive growth ATLANTA, [...]

Published
2001

36. Mirant Affirms Q1 Earnings Guidance and Discloses Provisions Related To Amounts Owed in California

Subjects
California Power Exchange Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ATLANTA, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Marce Fuller, president and chief executive officer of Mirant Corporation (NYSE: MIR) today reaffirmed Mirant's first quarter 2001 earnings guidance and announced that the company [...]

Published
2001

37. Southern Energy Inc. Reports a 36 Percent Increase in Earnings for 2000

Subjects
Electric utilities -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance
Abstract

ATLANTA, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Energy Inc. (NYSE: SOE) now operating as Mirant Corporation, today announced strong financial and operational results, reporting net income from continuing operations for 2000 [...]

Published
2001

38. Mirant gets second deadline

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Reorganization and restructuring, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Reorganization and restructuring, Electric utilities -- Finance, Company financing, Company organization, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Business, Economics, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

US ENERGY MERCHANT Mirant has requested--and has been awarded--a second deadline for submitting a bankruptcy reorganisation plan. With the US Bankruptcy Court in Texas' assent, the Atlanta-based company will submit [...]

Published
2004

39. Southern Energy Revises Earnings Expectations Upward for 2000 and 2001

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ATLANTA, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Energy Inc. (NYSE: SOE) today revised its 2000 earnings outlook upward to a range of 98 cents to $1 per share, citing outstanding business [...]

Published
2000

41. Southern Company Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings

Subjects
Southern Co. (Atlanta, Georgia) -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ATLANTA, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Dahlberg today reported record third quarter and year-to-date earnings. Dahlberg cited outstanding financial performance from [...]

Published
2000

42. Southern Company Second Quarter Earnings Per Share Jump 16 Percent

Subjects
Southern Co. (Atlanta, Georgia) -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ATLANTA, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) reported record second quarter profits because of increased contribution from its Southeast utilities and its Asian business units, Chairman and Chief [...]

Published
2000

44. Mirant raids piggy bank again

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Bankruptcy reorganizations -- Management, Company business management, Company financing, Company bankruptcy, Business, Economics, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

MIRANT, WHICH FILED FOR Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, has been granted leave by a judge to borrow $200 million immediately and a further $300 million providing certain conditions [...]

Published
2003

45. Mirant creditors barge wolf from door

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Reorganization and restructuring, Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Planning, Electric utilities, Company business planning, Company financing, Company organization, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Business, Economics, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

TROUBLED US UTILITY MIRANT, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this summer, has been dealt a fresh blow, with a number of the company's creditors raising objections to its [...]

Published
2003

46. Mirant mired

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Management, Mirant Corp. -- Accounting and auditing, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Management, Electric utilities -- Accounting and auditing, Company organization, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company earnings/profit, Business, Economics, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

Mirant, the bankrupt energy company has reported a net loss of $28 million for the first quarter, sinking it deeper into the red. The company, which filed under Chapter 11 [...]

Published
2003

47. Mirant falls at last hurdle

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Bankruptcy -- Cases, Company financing, Company legal issue, Company bankruptcy, Business, Business, international, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

US energy, company Mirant has filed for bankruptcy in the US courts, becoming the latest victim of weak conditions in the USA's unregulated power and gas markets. The move follows [...]

Published
2003

48. Mirant, formerly a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Finance, Business, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Petroleum, energy and mining industries, Company financing, Finance
Abstract

Mirant, formerly a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company owns or operates more than 21,000 MW of generating, capacity [...]

Published
2003

49. Summer fever at the sanitorium

Author

Spry, Michael

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Management, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Management, Company organization, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company earnings/profit, Business, Economics, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

SUMMERTIME, AND THE living is easy. If only life was always as simple as depicted in George Gershwin's classic song. Take Mirant for example. While executives are sweltering at their [...]

Published
2003

50. Mirant confident. (News Digest)

Subjects
Mirant Corp. -- Finance, Mirant Corp. -- Forecasts and trends, Electric utilities -- Finance, Electric utilities -- Forecasts and trends, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Business, international, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

In her address at Mirant a annual meeting, president and chief executive officer, Marce Fuller, expressed confidence in the long-term future of Mirant and the competitive wholesale power industry. Fuller [...]

Published
2003

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