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Winn-Dixie Asks Judge to Delay Reorg Filing -- Again
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Maybe the fifth time will be a charm for Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. here. The bankrupt retailer filed a motion on Friday asking a federal bankruptcy judge to give it another 70 days to file a reorganization plan. (This is the fifth extension sought by the company.) -
British Firm to Unload Kings
PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- After several abortive attempts, Marks & Spencer has once again lined up buyers for Kings Super Markets, the once family-held chain based here. The price is $61.5 million, about half the $110m the British retailer paid for the chain in 1988, while the buyers are an investor group consisting of private-equity firms Angelo, Gordon & Co. and MTN Capital Partners LLC, and retail industry veteran Bruce Weitz.