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They are going through a debt restructure (which has been in the news) and their main owner, Carlysle Group, may be looking for someone to take OTC off their hands. No word on who that might be.
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Since Watanabe is off the hook for his gambling debts, he is probably one of the few locals that could afford to buy the place.
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Oriental Trading files for bankruptcy

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100825/N ... bankruptcy
www.omaha.com wrote:OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Party supplies retailer Oriental Trading Company Inc. said Wednesday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will continue operating as it reorganizes under a plan approved by most of its major lenders.

The Omaha, Neb.-based company filed for reorganization in Delaware bankruptcy court. Its reorganization plan calls for slashing its debt by more than 70 percent to $200 million, improving its capital structure and boosting operating flexibility.
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"Its reorganization plan calls for slashing its debt by more than 70 percent" - by stiffing their vendors, contractors, and financiers who count on their checks in their "accounts payable" departments.
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Maybe they should take what is left and go to Vegas and try and win big!!
For the record  NEBUGEATER does not equal BUGEATER    !!!!!!!
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nebugeater wrote:Maybe they should take what is left and go to Vegas and try and win big!!
I vote for a bailout since fed has unlimited resources - well, until we run out of trees and printer ink.
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Berkshire Hathaway buying Omaha's Oriental Trading
Steve Jordon WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:Oriental Trading Co. would become part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. of Omaha by the end of November under a cash purchase agreement being announced today, ending a dozen years of shifting ownership by out-of-town investors.
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Berkshire is doing well with the small company purchases that have basically structural profit.   They bought the OWH a year before the OWH finished their loan repayment for their printing press, and now they have a $20 million dollar a year after tax loan check they don't have to write.   Now the Oriental Trading company with the low cost merch, low cost employees (and limited Obamacare exposure as most of their staff is part time), and no more debt.

Money pumping in from the retail arm into their Insurance arm.   Going to make them a lot of money in insurance.   Their SuperCat competitors have to buy money or build up investments that have to be fungible in a distressed market.   Berkshire, not so much.

Going to be lower premiums and mo business.  Mo money!
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OTC's Ralston location is getting a $1.2M renovation.
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