Business Management - Finance/Financial

Courier Records Net Income Gain Compared to Net Loss in Q2 2011
April 19, 2012

Courier’s revenues for the quarter ended March 24 were $62.4 million, down slightly from last year’s second-quarter revenues of $62.7 million. However, its net income of $440,000 represents an improvement over last year’s second-quarter net loss of $4.8 million.

KBA FInancials Include Jump in Order Backlog
March 30, 2012

Notwithstanding the challenges arising from ongoing structural changes in the print media market, the KBA group met all its capital requirements from a healthy operating cash flow of €83.9 million, scaled back bank debts still further and boosted liquid assets.

Verso Paper’s Debtholders are Tearing the Equityholders to Shreds
March 19, 2012

Verso Paper's debt will eventually crumple up the stock. It's a shame too, because without the interest expense, this would be a fine, profitable company. By charging exorbitant rates, the debtholders plan on gouging the company, taking a pound of flesh every year, up until the company's inevitable demise of 2019 or earlier, where they'll wipe out the equity holders and take it over.

Despite Loss, Quad Exceeds Q4 and 2011 Guidance
March 2, 2012

SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics Inc. recorded fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 results that surpassed management’s previously announced guidance. The report included the company’s Canadian operations, which are in the process of being sold, unless otherwise noted.

Smart Financing - Be Your Own Banker
February 20, 2012

If you have any money sitting around collecting essentially no interest, you might want to consider loaning your business some money. If you don’t need to buy anything, consider paying down some debt and save yourself some interest costs.

Catalyst Paper Files for Creditor Protection
January 31, 2012

Catalyst was unable to meet the two conditions of its previously announced recapitalization transaction under the Canada Business Corporations Act, so its board has approved a filing for an Initial Order to commence proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

Catalyst Paper Muddies the Water with Its Clarification and 443-Word Sentence
January 25, 2012

The Canadian papermaker has worked out a proposed deal with many of its bondholders that would enable it to avoid bankruptcy, but would turn up to 99.5 percent of its stock over to the bondholders in exchange for debt reduction. The announcement didn’t mention that Catalyst would file a Chapter 15 case in U.S. Bankruptcy Court asking that Canadian courts have jurisdiction over its recapitalization.

Catalyst is still in business and has not repudiated debts owed to vendors, employees, or retirees, but isn’t it splitting hairs to claim that a case filed in bankruptcy court is not a bankruptcy proceeding?