A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge gave Kmart Corp. approval to pay Weyerhaeuser Paper.
Judge Susan Pierson Sonderby, chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, approved a $6.4 million payment to Weyerhaeuser Co., which holds a garbage hauling contract for Kmart's 2,100 stores nationwide.
Weyerhaeuser agreed to let Kmart hold back $1.677 million of the payment until the retailer emerges from bankruptcy and also let Kmart cut to 30 days from 90 days the notice it must give Weyerhaeuser if it wants to end the contract.