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Northern Beef Packers Needs $2.25 Million to Lure Buyers to Auction

How many lawyers and bankers does it take to arrange an auction? Apparently 2.25 million dollars' worth: Northern Beef Packers is making another attempt at financing an auction sale in an attempt to prevent its bankruptcy case from moving toward…

Northern Beef Packers Pays Lawyers $75K While Stiffing Workers

I'm reading the financial statement filed by Northern Beef Packers president David Palmer in bankruptcy court on August 2. (Case 13-10118, Document 105). On July 12, Northern Beef Packers issued 226 hourly payroll checks totaling $72,014.70. On July 17, Northern…

Northern Beef Packers: Where’d All That Money Go?

Scott Waltman offers this breakdown of all the help we taxpayers have given the now-bankrupt Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen. Depending on how you count the dollars, Waltman's report shows that Pierre has given almost $5.8 million either directly to…

Bankrupt Hostess Gives Failed Execs $95K Bonuses

Last Friday a judge approved a request from bankrupt Hostess to spend $6.2 million on employee bonuses to motivate its remaining workers to wrap things up as well as possible. $4.36 million goes to the remaining 3,200 non-executive employees. That's…