bankruptcy
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Newly pardoned, Milton sought to recover $70 million from Nikola in bankruptcy court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
In August, EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, shortly after its Dish Wireless and Dish DBS subsidiaries had done so.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The company filed for bankruptcy in April 2023, citing inflation and difficulty recovering from pandemic-related losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
It was fuelled, of course, by Silvio Berlusconi, who saved the club from bankruptcy in 1986 and appointed the up-and-coming Arrigo Sacchi as boss.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Over the course of ten years, they went from wealthy to filing for bankruptcy.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
“We have record high businesses that have gone out of business, bankruptcies, businesses that are leaving, family bankruptcies are at an all-time high,” Drazan said, exaggerating some.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Farm bankruptcies jumped 46 percent from 2024 to 2025, with the Midwest outpacing other regions, on lower revenue and rising expenses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The opposition gained steam following the bankruptcies in 2024 and 2025 of formerly private equity-backed hospital operators, which led to the closing of numerous healthcare facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This economic downturn pushed up the number of bankruptcies dramatically.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
From January to June 2007, the news from the pool—its delinquencies, its bankruptcies, its house foreclosures—had remained fairly consistent.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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