bankrupt
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However, the group split in 2005 after their record label, Telstar, went bankrupt.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Some 500,000 Americans go bankrupt every year and, depending on what study you read, anywhere from 40% to 60% or more of those cases are due to medical debt.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The combined market share of General Motors and Ford Motor, once roughly 70%, declined sharply, and Chrysler nearly went bankrupt in the early 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The Purdue fund is more than eight times as big as the combined victims’ funds financed by the two other big bankrupt opioid makers, Endo and Mallinckrodt.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
If Chrysler went bankrupt, its bondholders obviously lost; depending on the nature of the swap, and the movement of interest rates, Morgan Stanley might lose, too.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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