A judge Monday denied Hostess Brands Inc.'s bid to shed deals with its biggest union, the Teamsters, sending the bakery company back to the drawing board as it tries to claw its way out of its second bankruptcy in recent years.

Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Hostess' Outreach:  United States Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain issued an oral decision Monday evening denying for now Hostess' motion to reject all Teamster labor contracts.