Bill and Janie (not their real names) came to talk to me about
filing bankruptcy last week.
When Fisker initially
filed bankruptcy last November, it listed assets of a maximum of $ 500 million with debts of as much as $ 1 billion, so it was kind of surprising when the company announced that Hong Kong businessman Richard Li's Hybrid Tech Holdings had offered to buy the company for only $ 25 million.
Not exact matches
When Hostess
filed for
bankruptcy last November, Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat author Hank Cardello argued in a piece for Forbes that Hostess could have avoided its financial troubles if it had taken advantage of health - conscious consumers, a group that contributes to a third of grocery market sales in the U.S..
April 24 - Toys» R» Us will set aside about $ 156 million to pay vendors for toys and merchandise shipped after the U.S. retailer's Chapter 11
bankruptcy filing last September, a lawyer for the company said on Tuesday.
As of the end of July, there were nearly 123,000 consumer proposals and personal
bankruptcies filed by Canadians this year, a decline of 1.2 per cent from the same period
last year.
Boire, who previously worked at Best Buy and Brookstone (which
filed for
bankruptcy last year), parlayed his successful tenure of sales declines at Sears into a job as CEO of struggling bookseller Barnes & Noble, where, somehow, we think he'll feel right at home.
But the news is particularly ironic for Bitstamp, which gained popularity after the collapse of another exchange called Mt. Gox, which
filed for
bankruptcy last year after losing approximately $ 650 million in a cyber attack.
Last month, when it announced its impending Chapter 11
filing, Remington said it hoped to shed $ 700 million in a prepackaged reorganization — a technique that is designed to get a company out of
bankruptcy as soon as possible.
According to forms
filed with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of New York, 110,000 people have bought a product from the Columbia House DVD Club within the
last year.
Last year, Jefferson County, which includes Birmingham,
filed for what was at the time the largest U.S. municipal
bankruptcy claim after losing over $ 3 billion in sewer debt.
After the judgment was handed down, Gawker
filed for
bankruptcy protection, and
last week its assets were sold to Univision for $ 135 million.
A number of private equity - backed retailers, from Sports Authority to Payless ShoeSource, have
filed for
bankruptcy in the
last two years.
Hardy
filed for business
bankruptcy last fall and is in the process of
filing personal
bankruptcy this year.
The
bankruptcy filing follows a decades - long decline of a city that prospered through much of the
last century as the capital of U.S. manufacturing.
The company's senior unsecured bonds due in 2018
last traded Thursday at 5.25 cents on the dollar, down from 72 cents the week before the
bankruptcy filing, according to Trace bond - price data.
GM (gm) almost
filed for
bankruptcy on Friday, but delayed the plans until Monday in order to give union talks a
last - ditch attempt.
While you might be able to get your loans discharged if you can prove undue hardship,
filing for
bankruptcy is a major decision with long -
lasting consequences.
The company that once dominated toy sales in the U.S. has been operating under
bankruptcy protection since
last fall, when it
filed for Chapter 11 under the weight of $ 5 billion in debt.
The chain
filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection
last fall, saddled with $ 5 billion in debt that hurt its attempts to compete as shoppers moved to Amazon and huge chains like Walmart.
Bankruptcy is meant to be a
last - resort option but there are certain situations when
filing may be your best bet.
In
filing for
bankruptcy protection
last fall, Toys R Us pledged to make its stores more interactive.
Last week, Italian law firm BonelliErede
filed a
bankruptcy petition on behalf of BitGrail creditor Espen Enger, who allegedly was in contact with several hundred victims.
Montgomery's recyclables are now going to a landfill, and a once booming local business, United Plastic Recycling,
filed for
bankruptcy last year.
Deciding to spend money on a convention centre that depends so heavily on the revival of the automotive industry was obviously a tough call, given that two of the US car companies that used to be known as the Big Three
filed for - then emerged from -
bankruptcy last year.
The toy retailer, which had
filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy last September, will close all its 735 stores in the US and liquidate their inventory.
Toys R Us, which plans to hire more than 12,000 part - time workers despite
filing for
bankruptcy last week, says it will pay weekend rates during peak holiday times and will offer additional employee discounts this year.
The shale driller struggled mightily over the past few years, which ultimately led to a
bankruptcy filing that it emerged from
last September with an improved balance sheet.
Last year, Bailey
filed for
bankruptcy after a string of scandals inside and outside the courtroom left him disbarred and shamed.
Fade out: After a
last - ditch effort to sell itself failed, Weinstein Co.
filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy, and it wasn't a pretty picture.
SolarWorld
filed for
bankruptcy twice in the
last year because it couldn't compete against foreign prices.
Freedom
filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection Sunday after suffering more than $ 40 million in losses over the
last two years under new ownership.
In a
filing submitted to federal
Bankruptcy Court
last week, attorneys for Digital First signaled the company's intention to bid by requesting that the court push back the deadline to submit initial bids for Freedom's assets from Friday to Feb. 12.
You can also see judgments, liens, collections and
bankruptcies filed against you over the
last 7 years.
Retailer Linens «n Things Inc.
filed for
bankruptcy last year.
Variety notes that the company
filed for
bankruptcy last month.
In addition to the above, Credibility Capital will not consider businesses if they have
filed for personal or business
bankruptcy in the
last five years.
South Korean exchange Youbit closed its doors and
filed for
bankruptcy last month after being hacked for a second time in a year.
An estimated 750,000 customers lost more than $ 450 million worth of Bitcoins when the site went dark and
filed for
bankruptcy last month.
The archdiocese
filed for
bankruptcy protection
last year in the face of lawsuits from people who said they had been abused by its priests.
When the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced
last week it would be closing its doors and
filing for
bankruptcy in the wake of the Facebook data scandal, speculation mounted that it would be revived under the guise of two new companies set up in London.
Democratic Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa resigned
last week after it was revealed she had a «green card» marriage and made a false
bankruptcy filing.
The owners of Tops Markets, with a hefty debt burden and soft sales causing its losses to nearly double
last year,
filed for
bankruptcy protection in hopes that it can slash its interest payments and emerge in more competitive financial shape.
Several other coal companies, including Arch Coal and Walter Energy, have also
filed for
bankruptcy over the
last year because of pressures on the industry.
But the company called it a #rebirth in an Instagram post announcing that on Tuesday it will reopen its Bleecker Street location, which has remained empty since it
filed for
bankruptcy and shuttered all its locations
last October.
Plus, Tamara Mellon receives court approval after
filing for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection for her namesake line
last week.
And the New York City Opera, after a
last - minute fundraising effort fell short,
filed for
bankruptcy.
TimeGate Studios reportedly sent all staffers home today after
filing for
bankruptcy protection
last week.
TWC formally
filed for
bankruptcy last week, with Lantern Capital Partners agreeing to buy the company's assets for $ 310 million and to keep the studio's employees on as a «going concern.»
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The district, located in the heart of Silicon Valley's seemingly affluent electronics center, had
filed for
bankruptcy last May under Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Act, stating that it could not pay $ 10 million in salary raises it had agreed to in three - year contracts signed two years ago with its two employ
bankruptcy last May under Chapter 9 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Act, stating that it could not pay $ 10 million in salary raises it had agreed to in three - year contracts signed two years ago with its two employ
Bankruptcy Act, stating that it could not pay $ 10 million in salary raises it had agreed to in three - year contracts signed two years ago with its two employee unions.