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The essay contest was held for students at the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in Dallas.

The essay contest was held for students at the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in Dallas.

Houston-based Warren Resources filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday in Houston. The company has hired Andrews Kurth and Houston bankruptcy and restructuring partner Timothy A. “Tad” Davidson II as its legal advisers.

New York-based private equity firm Riverstone Holdings has agreed to acquire Talen Energy Corp. for $5.2 billion – $1.8 billion in cash and the assumption of $3.4 billion in debt – in an effort to take the Pennsylvania power producer private.

New York-based private equity firm Riverstone Holdings has agreed to acquire Talen Energy Corp. for $5.2 billion – $1.8 billion in cash and the assumption of $3.4 billion in debt – in an effort to take the Pennsylvania power producer private.

Colorado-based Vantage Energy turned to Porter Hedges partners John Higgins and Jeremy Mouton to close its acquisition of oil and natural gas assets from Alpha Natural Resources for $339.5 million in cash.

Republic Airways Holdings has reached a long-term agreement with United Airlines that will significantly help pull Republic out of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Indianapolis-based airline recently said in a court filing.

An Edinburg doctors’ hospital is not liable for a botched delivery by one of its physician partners because the doctor was not acting with authority of the partnership, justices ruled Friday. The decision clarified a situation in which a limited partner in a doctor-owned hospital also practices at the hospital. The court said that such doctors are acting under their separate admitting privileges, not with any authority of the partnership.