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Icahn’s rival Caesars bid stalls as go-shop expires

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Icahn’s rival Caesars bid stalls as go-shop expires

Icahn Enterprises’ rival bid for Caesars Entertainment remained hung up on rollover equity and financing issues as the go-shop period expired, according to a proxy filed by the company 12 August.

How debtors are bending Brazil's mediation stay into a creditor shield

The pre-insolvency injunction Brazil designed to catalyze mediation is being stretched into something else — a stay imposed on creditors the Bankruptcy Law was meant to leave alone, often with no restructuring plan behind it. How far courts allow that stretch to go will define whether the country's mediation-led restructuring regime is a genuine cultural shift or a new front in an old litigation habit, sources told 9fin.

Brightline’s California counterpart cinches bondholder extension

Brightline West cinched an extension from investors holding $1.8bn in bonds to secure additional financing, as the West Coast sister project of beleaguered high-speed railway Brightline Florida scours the market for additional financing to fuel ballooning construction costs.

Electronic Arts — Merger sets 4 August close with all regulatory approvals in hand, as noteholder standoff nears defeasance test

Electronic Arts disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on 30 July 2026 that, as of that date, "all regulatory approvals required to complete the Merger have been obtained," and that it expects the $55bn leveraged buyout to close "on or about the close of trading on August 4, 2026," subject to the satisfaction or waiver of remaining customary closing conditions.

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