bankrupt
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However, the group split in 2005 after their record label, Telstar, went bankrupt.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
This week in the Help Me Retire column, Alessandra Malito answered questions from a reader who was concerned about what might happen to her investment account if her broker were to go bankrupt.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
He slowly became obsessed with the idea that high fees were a moral wrong perpetrated on American investors by an ethically bankrupt Wall Street fund-management industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
C-Cubed eventually went bankrupt, so Gates and his friends began hanging around the computer center at the University of Washington.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing bankrupt
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