bankruptcy
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If you discover that the community carries millions of dollars in debt, as you have, that does not necessarily mean the community itself will file for bankruptcy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Electrum Group paid $24 million for Sunshine in a 2010 bankruptcy auction, about a decade after it had last run at full production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Thursday’s nine-year ban by the Insolvency Service, a government agency that investigates failed companies, is the first formal punishment of the Australian financier over the bankruptcy of Greensill Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
RAD filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, attributing its problems to publicity around the state investigation into the business and other “regulatory matters,” according to petition documents.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Its seedy appearance advertised to the whole world that its owner was close to bankruptcy.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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