Steward Health Care, the Dallas-based for-profit hospital system operating 31 hospitals across eight states, declared bankruptcy in one of the most colossal failures of a hospital chain in American history. Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management and former CEO Ralph de la Torre reportedly …
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Voyager Digital Holdings and affiliates file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York after the collapse of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), which triggered a domino effect through the interconnected and unregulated crypto lending market. Voyager, like Celsius, …
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On December 13, 2021, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robyn Moberly confirmed a joint Plan of Reorganization providing a $380 million settlement for sexual abuse survivors and enabling USA Gymnastics to emerge from bankruptcy after three years of proceedings. Over 90% of the more than 500 victims voted in …
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Genesis Healthcare, once the largest skilled nursing operator in the United States, narrowly avoids bankruptcy by accepting a $100 million investment from Joel Landau’s private equity firm ReGen Healthcare LLC, which receives 93% equity stake and two board seats in exchange. Genesis’ …
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On March 15, 2018, iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, seeking to restructure more than $20 billion in outstanding debt accumulated from the disastrous 2008 leveraged buyout by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners. The bankruptcy filing …
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On June 7, 2012, 38 Studios LLC—the video game development company founded by former baseball star Curt Schilling—files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with $151 million in debt and just $22 million in assets, leaving Rhode Island taxpayers to absorb $38.6 million in losses from a $75 million state loan …
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Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 17, 2009, after missing a $53.1 million bond payment, marking the sixth bankruptcy of a Trump casino company in 18 years. Just four days before the filing, on February 13, Donald Trump resigned as chairman of the …
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New Century Financial Corporation, the nation’s second-largest subprime mortgage lender, files for bankruptcy protection after its stock loses 90 percent of its value in weeks, marking the beginning of the subprime mortgage crisis. The company had originated $60 billion in subprime loans in …
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Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, the publicly traded company that operated Trump’s Atlantic City casino empire, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on November 21, 2004, unable to make a $73 million interest payment due November 1. The company was drowning in approximately $1.8 billion …
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Enron filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, marking the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time, with $63.4 billion in assets. The collapse revealed extensive corporate fraud orchestrated by CEO Kenneth Lay and President Jeffrey Skilling, who manipulated financial statements and …
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From 1998-2016, Deutsche Bank loaned Donald Trump and his companies over $2.5 billion despite Trump’s history of bankruptcies, defaults, and “Donald risk” that caused all other major US banks to refuse him. This lending relationship persisted even as Deutsche Bank was …
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The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, the iconic luxury property Trump had purchased in 1988 for $407.5 million, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 1992 under the weight of over $550 million in debt. Trump had financed the purchase almost entirely with borrowed money, and the …
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Trump Castle and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 9, 1992, marking Trump’s second and third casino bankruptcies in less than a year. Trump Castle faced $338 million in bond debt it could not service, while Trump Plaza was …
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Donald Trump’s Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 1991, just over one year after its lavish April 1990 opening. The casino, which Trump had called “the eighth wonder of the world,” was buried under nearly $3 billion in debt, …
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Between 1991 and 2009, Donald Trump’s hotel and casino businesses filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection six times, establishing a clear pattern: borrow heavily using high-interest debt and other people’s money, operate businesses unprofitably or make unrealistic revenue projections, …
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The International Association of Machinists begins a strike against Eastern Airlines on March 4, 1989, joined by pilots and flight attendants in solidarity action that effectively grounds the carrier. The strike targets Frank Lorenzo, whose Texas Air Corporation acquired Eastern in 1986 and …
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