Akiko Matsuda
Bankruptcy Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Reporter covering bankruptcy and restructuring @wsj. Previous: @trdny @bagehots @lohud @columbiajourn. Send tips to: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Soma Biswas |Akiko Matsuda
The Philadelphia-based chain entered bankruptcy again to seek buyers for its assetsMay 5, 2025 6:30 pm ET|WSJ ProRite Aid filed for bankruptcy on Monday, its second chapter 11 filing within two years, to look for buyers for its assets. The Philadelphia-based chain shut down hundreds of stores in its last bankruptcy, resolved government and private lawsuits over its opioid prescriptions, and handed control of the business to bondholders.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Akiko Matsuda
‘Collect now, pay later’ insurance model at Berkshire’s National Indemnity didn’t account for rise in talc-related lawsuitsMay 2, 2025 6:00 am ET|WSJ ProWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway did well for itself over the years by taking responsibility for other companies’ asbestos-related liabilities, betting that it could grow assets faster than it would have to pay out injury claims.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Akiko Matsuda
Lawyers for talc claimants argued the Minerals Technologies unit didn’t belong in chapter 11April 29, 2025 8:42 pm ET|WSJ ProA Texas judge declined to toss a defunct talc supplier out of bankruptcy despite arguments from personal-injury claimants that it was improperly using chapter 11 to protect its solvent parent company, Pfizer spinoff Minerals Technologies, from talc-related lawsuits.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Akiko Matsuda |Becky Yerak
Claimants argue that the defunct talc supplier—which is owned by the solvent Minerals Technologies—no longer has any business to reorganizeApril 14, 2025 6:00 am ET|WSJ ProA defunct talc-mining subsidiary of a global minerals supplier will make its case Monday for remaining in chapter 11 against personal injury claimants who argue it has no right to bankruptcy protection because it has no business to reorganize.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Akiko Matsuda
The direct-mail company’s Prize Patrol gained fame delivering oversize checks with TV cameras runningApril 9, 2025 8:25 pm ET|WSJ ProPublishers Clearing House, a direct-to-consumer marketing company known for its Prize Patrol sweepstakes, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday to restructure its balance sheet and shed costs from legacy direct mail and e-commerce businesses.
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[My latest] The “collect now, pay later” insurance model at Berkshire’s National Indemnity didn’t account for the rise in talc-related lawsuits #bankruptcy https://t.co/CxeixMIVvv via @WSJ
Ukraine Fails To Reach Debt Restructuring Agreement, Faces Default Risk https://t.co/ALIhoPe129 via @WSJ @gladstonea
Publishers Clearing House, a direct-marketing company known for its sweepstakes, filed for #bankruptcy to restructure its balance sheet and shed costs from legacy businesses https://t.co/7VBw7bKa79 via @WSJ