bankruptcy

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A lurid tale of misadventure, moral bankruptcy and mean girls, “His & Hers” has other qualities, too, notably Tessa Thompson, whose recent turn in “Hedda” haunts her role in this potboiler.

From The Wall Street Journal

The next two years put scores of oil-and-gas producers into bankruptcy and led to devastating job cuts.

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London Councils – a cross-party body representing the capital's local authorities – said in June that almost half of all boroughs were at risk of bankruptcy over the financial pressure from increased Send funding demand.

From BBC

First Brands filed for bankruptcy in September after its advisers discovered accounting irregularities, including roughly $2.5 billion of invoices that were missing, altered or sold to more than one factoring party.

From The Wall Street Journal

In August, Spirit filed for bankruptcy protection and has slashed routes, relinquished gates to legacy airlines, and furloughed more than 2,000 pilots and flight attendants.

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