bankrupt
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At least three went bankrupt in the following year.
JM Eagle is a large producer of plastic and PVC pipe, a business it got into in 1982 after purchasing those operations from Johns-Manville Corp., which went bankrupt because of asbestos claims.
From Los Angeles Times
First Brands secured an emergency cash infusion from some of its largest customers to keep it afloat after the bankrupt auto-parts supplier warned it has reached a “breaking point” this week.
His comments follow a series of warnings over the recent surge in investment in AI, with some claiming the sector amounts to a bubble set to burst, rocking markets and bankrupting companies.
From BBC
Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.
From MarketWatch
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