bankruptcy
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A run-up in fuel prices helped push Delta into bankruptcy in 2005.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Cornerstone also hired PJT Partners and Latham & Watkins, as its private-equity backer aims to avoid bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
It also neared bankruptcy in 2008 before it was awarded a big contract by NASA.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
One of the creditors, who has begun bankruptcy proceedings against de Min to try to recover his money, said the situation was "heartbreaking" because they had "trusted someone".
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Hamilton had been born on the West Indian island of Nevis, the illegitimate son of a down-on-her-luck beauty of French extraction and a hard-drinking Scottish merchant with a flair for bankruptcy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - Introductory
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