1.New CEO changes direction, location for Frederick Cooper
BCinde W. Ingram -- Home Accents Today, 8/3/2005 12:00:00 PM

Frederick Cooper and its Tyndale division are moving to a new building with its new investor group in leadership positions.

2.Eddie Bauer leaves bankruptcy
BLOOMBERG NEWS, published on Wed, Jun 22, 2005

Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc., formerly known as Spiegel Inc., has exited bankruptcy.

3.After 80 Years, Chicagoland Lamp Factory Closing
VIDEO: Sylvia Gomez reports, Jun 1, 2005 4:38 pm US/Central


After 80 years in business it's lights out in Logan Square. A Chicago lamp factory is closing, forced out of business because of what's happening halfway around the world.

4.Judge OKs Spiegel plan; Eddie Bauer back in NW
Seattle Times retail reporter, Thursday, May 26, 2005

After more than three decades, Eddie Bauer is coming home.

5.Court OKs $300M loan for Spiegel
The Deal Tue, 4 May 2005 6:57 PM EST

Spiegel Inc. won court approval Wednesday, May 4, on a $300 million loan it will use to pay creditors.

6.Spiegel seeks exit loan OK
The Deal Tue, 26 Apr 2005 2:47 PM PDT

Spiegel Inc. will trek to court next week seeking approval for a $300 million loan to pay off creditors. The bankrupt retailer wants to lock-in the six-year financing fronted by units of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA , GE Capital Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston , court documents show.

7.Court OKs a Spiegel vote
New York Post Mar30, 2005

Bankrupt retailer Spiegel yesterday won court approval to proceed with a vote by creditors on its reorganization plan, paving the way for the company to exit Chapter 11 proceedings by mid-June.

8. Creditors to take control of Spiegel
Northwest Herald Fri, 18 Feb 2005 2:55 AM PST

The catalog that made Spiegel Inc. famous is gone, but the bankrupt retailer is remaking itself as a smaller company with a single chain.

9. Spiegel owner to pay creditors, leave
Chicago Sun-Times Fri, 18 Feb 2005 2:47 AM PST

German businessman Michael Otto will give up his ownership of Spiegel, once home to the famous catalog company, and pay $104 million to its creditors as part of a plan to take what's left of Spiegel out of bankruptcy.

10. New owners for Eddie Bauer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Fri, 18 Feb 2005 0:46 AM PST

Eddie Bauer's ownership is changing hands from its beleaguered and bankrupt parent company, Spiegel Inc., to the outstretched arms of Spiegel's creditors, according to papers expected to be filed in bankruptcy court today.

11. Spiegel Gets OK to Sell Catalog Business for $53.4 million
Seattle Post-Intelligencer June 16, 2004

12. Eddie Bauer is Spiegel's last asset
by Greg Johnson, Updated 05:21 PM EST, May-25-2004

13. Spiegel Sells Newport News Unit to Pangea
Bloomberg News, May 18, 2004

14. Under Financial Siege Motherwear Sold
Mark Del Franco , May 1, 2004 12:00 PM

15. Motherwear Sold to Pangea Holdings
Mark Del Franco, Apr 6, 2004 12:00 PM

16. MeadowBrook Lane Capital Announces the Sale of the Assets of Motherwear, Inc to Pangea Holdings
Meadowbrook Lane Capital, February 25, 2004