Sears Canada creditor process biased toward liquidation, says former exec – CBC.ca

Sears Canada’s former executive chairman defended his plan to turn around the embattled retailer, and said his bid to buy the company and save it from liquidation was hampered by a creditor protection process biased towards liquidation. Brandon Stranzl, speaking publicly for the first time since the retailer began a full liquidation of its remaining…

These stocks could feel the fallout from Sears Canada’s demise – Financial Post

The end of Sears Canada Inc. has put several other companies on the spot. Liquidation sales at Sears remaining Canadian stores began last week, after an Ontario Superior Court judge gave the go-ahead earlier this month. But the 65-year-old retailers passing leaves behind questions for companies it did business with and competed against. Those questions…

Varun Resources, India’s largest LPG carrier owner, on brink of collapse – Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Varun Resources Ltd, Indias largest owner of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, has had to halt operations of its eight Indian-flagged LPG tankers at the behest of a consortium of 12 banks led by State Bank of India after defaulting on loans of about 2,000 crore, putting its future at stake. Compounding the issue, the…