By By Liana Baker and Tom Hals

(Reuters) – Eastman Kodak Co (EKDKQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) replaced its chief restructuring officer on Monday in a surprise move coming just days after it filed for bankruptcy protection.

James Mesterharm, who works for the consultancy firm AlixPartners ALIXP.UL and was chief restructuring officer for Parmalat USA during the dairy company’s bankruptcy, will replace Dominic DiNapoli of FTI Consulting Inc (FCN.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), who was chosen last week.

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions
expressed are his own)

By George Hay

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) – ING’s (ING.AS: Quote, Profile, Research)
disposal of its insurance arm keeps getting smaller. The Dutch
bancassurer’s 2008 bailout left it needing to offload its entire
insurance business, which it first planned to do via separate
listings of the U.S. and Eurasian parts. Now it plans to hive
off its Asian operations to dispose on their own. To get the
best price, ING should do the splits one more time.

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions
expressed are his own)

By George Hay

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) – ING’s (ING.AS: Quote, Profile, Research)
disposal of its insurance arm keeps getting smaller. The Dutch
bancassurer’s 2008 bailout left it needing to offload its entire
insurance business, which it first planned to do via separate
listings of the U.S. and Eurasian parts. Now it plans to hive
off its Asian operations to dispose on their own. To get the
best price, ING should do the splits one more time.

By Sue Zeidler and Tom Hals

(Reuters) – It’s almost put-up or shut-up time for the high rollers and big talkers circling one of baseball’s most storied franchises.

Monday is the targeted deadline for first-round bids for the Los Angeles Dodgers: the century-old team, the stadium and the related assets that, appropriately enough, helped usher in the modern era of big-business televised sports.

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions
expressed are his own)

By George Hay

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) – UniCredit’s
(CRDI.MI: Quote, Profile, Research) underwriters must need a stiff drink. The Italian
bank’s 7.5 billion euro rights issue has prompted a sharp
sell-off that has left its shares hovering dangerously close to
the 1.94 euro subscription price. A further slump could stuff
the 26 other banks that have guaranteed the offering with large
quantities of unwanted shares. That would be embarrassing, but
need not be a disaster.

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – When the French firm at the center of a breast implant scandal sought to expand its U.S. business a decade ago, it turned to Donald McGhan, a pioneer in the implant industry with a history of legal troubles.

McGhan’s career traces back to the laboratory at Dow Corning where the first breast implants were made in the early 1960s. By the time he partnered with France’s Jean-Claude Mas, founder of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), in 1999, he had been sued by shareholders who accused him of stealing money, was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for false accounting and had been replaced from his position as chief executive at one of the world’s leading implant makers.

By Tom Hals

(Reuters) – Fox Sports won a round in the battle over telecast rights to Los Angeles Dodgers games starting in 2014 when a federal judge on Friday granted the News Corp company’s request to temporarily halt sale of the rights.

The media rights sale process, which is expected to be worth billions of dollars and is central to the bankrupt team’s search for new ownership, had been approved by a bankruptcy court, but Friday’s order by Delaware District Court judge Leonard Stark stayed that ruling until January 12.

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The plaintiffs’ attorneys in a shareholder lawsuit involving Southern Copper Corp won a blockbuster $285 million fee award from Delaware’s Chancery Court on Monday.

It is believed to be the biggest fee award ever by the court, one of the busiest venues in the United States for commercial litigation.