bankrupt
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"It's bankrupt. We didn't make it bankrupt, we inherited it," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Just this month, bank Western Alliance sued Jefferies Financial Group for halting payments on a loan tied to accounts receivable from bankrupt auto-parts supplier First Brands Group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Last year, Bed Bath & Beyond’s executive chairman, Marcus Lemonis, said his bankrupt company won’t be reopening any stores in California, where it used to have more than 80 locations.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
HPS Investment Partners, a private-credit fund that BlackRock bought for $12 billion last year, was stung by a telecom-services company that went bankrupt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Like Bell Telephone was going to go bankrupt because of one phone call from Minneapolis to Long Island in the middle of the night.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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