Company Bankruptcies


Rise In Bankruptcy, Interest Rates Linked

Jan 1, 1982

Because of persistently high interest rates, business bankruptcies are increasing at a close to record rate, reports the National Small Business Associati...  Read story

Putting A Business Together Again

By Roberta W. Shell |  Mar 1, 1982

Shattered by a business downturn, Marine Optical found that declaring bankruptcy gave it a second chance. Changing attitudes and new laws make that option mo...  Read story

Bankruptcy

Related Terms: Business Fai...  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

By Angus Loten |  Aug 23, 2007

Gas prices start climbing again; more companies file for bankruptcy in the second quarter.  Read story

Business Bankruptcies on the Rise

Aug 22, 2007

Following declines last year, the number of businesses filing for bankruptcy rose to 6,705 in the second quarter, a seven percent increase from the start ...  Read story

Speeding Up Chapter 11

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1991

Opting for a prepackaged bankruptcy strategy to get through courtroom proceedings quickly.  Read story

New Code Tries To Balance Interests Of Debtors And Creditors

Mar 1, 1982

The intention of the bankruptcy code reformers during the 1970s was to modernize what had become an unwieldy and unresponsive process for both creditors a...  Read story

Case Study: Going for Broke

By Bobbie Gossage |  Feb 1, 2003

Few small companies survive Chapter 11, which makes filing for bankruptcy a last resort for the average privately held business.  Read story

Protecting Yourself When a Commercial Tenant Files for Bankruptcy

By Leigh Perkins |  Nov 1, 1999

Nothing is more frightening to a landlord than to hear rumors that an important commercial tenant has or is about to file for bankruptcy. When a te...  Read story

Pizza Time Theatre Files To Reorganize

Jul 1, 1984

Pizza Time Theatre Inc., one of the most visible creations of video game wizard Nolan Bushnell, has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Feder...  Read story

Restart-Up

By Leslie Brokaw |  Feb 1, 1991

Steel mining and manufacturing company emerges from bankruptcy to turn a former mine into a landfill.  Read story

How to Start an Airline of Your Own

By Steve Solomon |  Apr 1, 1994

In an industry in which 117 airlines have filed bankruptcy since 1979, Joseph Lorenzo thinks he can make Reno Air work.  Read story

Update: Down And Out

Sep 1, 1983

It will come as no surprise to readers of INC.'s July issue that Chemical Investors Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 28. Noting our...  Read story

Courting Bankruptcy

By Curtis Hartman |  Oct 1, 1984

When the president of Bildisco filed for Chapter 11, he didn't know he would be rewriting the bankruptcy laws.  Read story

Ten Tips for Financially Troubled Businesses

Nov 1, 2003

1. Keep Taxes Current. Rule Number One for the owner of any struggling business is to meticulously pay all payroll taxes on time, especia...  Read story

Making Chapter 11 Work

Apr 1, 1983

Last December, a plan calling for the participation of Applied Technology Ventures Inc. in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings regarding Findex Corp. was co...  Read story

Three Down, Six Lives To Go

Oct 1, 1987

Miracles do happen -- especially when a governor-cum-Presidential candidate is on your side. That's what workers at Morse Cutting Tool's New Bedford, Mas...  Read story

Credit Manual Of Commercial Laws 1982, Edited By Robert D. Goodwin And Lester Nelson. National Association Of Credit Management, 475 Park Avenue South, New York, Ny 10016; 982 Pp., $35.

Jul 1, 1982

The 74th edition of writings and rulings pertaining to borrowing and collecting. Federal and state laws cited, cases discussed. Considers such areas as p...  Read story

The Mystery of The Blood Red Ledger

By Samuel Fromartz |  Apr 1, 2001

CEO Fred LeFranc quickly realized that something was poisoning the profits at Louise's Trattoria, and he didn't have long to find out what.  Read story

Boomerang from Bankruptcy

Jan 1, 1995

If a customer goes bankrupt, acting fast can be the key to recovering any materials you shipped thecompany directly before the announcement. You ha...  Read story

More Businesses Expected to Fail

Jun 11, 2007

The recent slowdown in the economy is expected to boost the number of U.S. business failures this year by 50 percent, a new report shows. Following...  Read story

Grist: Why Bankruptcy is Bad for Business

By Adam Hanft |  Jun 1, 2004

The other reason entrepreneurs should fear bankruptcy.  Read story

Dispute Over Bankruptcy Data

By Jena Wuu |  Jun 22, 2005

June 21, 2005 --A new study by professors from Harvard and the University of Nevada has concluded that official data from the Administrati...  Read story

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a federal agency responsible for administering federal securities laws that protect investors. The SE...  Read story

Bad Credit;

By Reported by Patricia Amend |  Nov 1, 1986

Reading bankruptcy accouncements may not be your idea of fun, but it could help save your company money if one of your customers goes belly up. Under the...  Read story

Why Bankruptcy Works

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1996

A U.S. bankruptcy judge fields questions from a senior Inc. writer and explains why bankruptcy laws work.  Read story

Paper Tiger

By Marie Jacobi |  Nov 1, 1983

I would like to clarify several statements in response to your article on Chemical Investors Inc. (Paper Tiger, July). In reference to Chemical Inve...  Read story

Funding While You Faint

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1993

Recommendations for Chapter 11 companies that need to raise capital.  Read story

Shopping For Bankruptcy Bargains

By Rees Morrison |  Mar 1, 1982

Companies in bankruptcy often have assets they want to unload at a low price. Here's how to take advantage of those bargains.  Read story

Business Bankruptcies Decline

By Matt Quinn

May 25, 2004 --Business bankruptcies fell 2% for the year ending March 31, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. ...  Read story

Shark Repellent

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1994

Ideas for protecting personal assets against financial claims by creditors and litigants.  Read story

Picking Up The Pieces

Apr 1, 1983

Beginning in January 1979, with nothing but the founders' hard-earned cash, Applied Technology Ventures Inc. has been building its electronics empire, dis...  Read story

Have You Been Burned by Bankruptcy?

By George Gendron |  Mar 1, 1993

Faxpoll results from questions on bankruptcy.  Read story

The F Word

By Michael Warshaw |  May 15, 1999

Failure: for entrepreneurs, there's both a right way and a wrong way to go bankrupt. Here's an overview of the recent demise of catalogue retailer J. Peterma...  Read story

Finance: The Lazarus Play

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 2002

With his pie company teetering on the edge of extinction, Gordon Weinberger marshaled a mix of moxie and marketing to snatch it back from bankruptcy.  Read story

To Bankruptcy and Back

By Beth Bloom Wright |  Sep 1, 1993

The intimate story of one company that emerged from Chapter 11  Read story

Business Failure and Dissolution

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Broadcast Blues

By Leslie Brokaw |  Feb 1, 1991

TV station profiled in the Anatomy section files for bankruptcy.  Read story

Courting Disaster

By Robert A. Mamis |  Apr 1, 1983

With a ragtag band of failing companies snatched from the steps of bankruptcy courts, Applied Technology Ventures has constructed a robust corporation.  Read story

Bankruptcy Basics

Oct 24, 1999

When a company experiences financial problems, its focus often turns to cash conservation. If the problems are not too severe, instituting a hiring freeze...  Read story

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