bankruptcy
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The government agency declined to comment on the outage that several bankruptcy courts say began Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In August, EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, shortly after its Dish Wireless and Dish DBS subsidiaries had done so.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
It was fuelled, of course, by Silvio Berlusconi, who saved the club from bankruptcy in 1986 and appointed the up-and-coming Arrigo Sacchi as boss.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Character.ai said before the bankruptcy filing it struck an agreement with Disney in which the entertainment company agreed to pay $20 million to license certain intellectual property from the AI startup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
On Monday, Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy, and Merrill Lynch, having announced $55.2 billion in losses on subprime bond–backed CDOs, had sold itself to Bank of America.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Farm bankruptcies jumped 46 percent from 2024 to 2025, with the Midwest outpacing other regions, on lower revenue and rising expenses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The opposition gained steam following the bankruptcies in 2024 and 2025 of formerly private equity-backed hospital operators, which led to the closing of numerous healthcare facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This economic downturn pushed up the number of bankruptcies dramatically.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Founded in 1931 as a Jewish law firm outside the white-shoe elite, Weil built its reputation handling bankruptcies for Lehman Brothers, General Motors and Enron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The number of bankruptcies hied with the federal court in Midland went up by 65 percent.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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