81 posts and columns on bankruptcy

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LightSquared Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

in Mobile on May 14 at 11:45 am PT

LightSquared Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, hours ahead of the expiration of a deal to keep hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone’s venture from defaulting on its debt.

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LiqhtSquared Moves Toward Bankruptcy

in Mobile on May 13 at 12:30 pm PT

Hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. venture is preparing for a potential bankruptcy-protection filing, as negotiations with lenders to avoid a potential default faltered, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Kodak Selling Online Photo Business to Shutterfly for $23 Million

in News on March 1 at 2:15 pm PT

On the heels of filing for bankruptcy and saying it would stop making cameras, Eastman Kodak said today it would sell its Kodak Gallery online photo services business to Shutterfly for $23.8 million. Users’ photos will be transferred to Shutterfly’s site.

So It’s the Kodak Strategy for Yahoo — The Last Refuge of the Vaguely Patented

in News on February 28 at 6:00 am PT

In poking Facebook, Yahoo might now learn what it is really like to be de-friended.
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Elpida Files for Bankruptcy Protection

in News on February 27 at 12:18 pm PT

Chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. of Japan filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, in the largest corporate failure among the nation’s manufacturers since the end of World War II.

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Kodak to Stop Making Cameras

in News on February 9 at 6:56 am PT

Eastman Kodak Company has said it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in the first half of 2012, in an effort to achieve annual operating savings of more than $100 million. Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak says it plans to expand its current brand-licensing program instead, and that it will continue to produce retail-based photo kiosks, inkjet printers, online photo gallery and apps, and camera batteries and accessories. The announcement comes a few weeks after the iconic camera company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Not a Kodak Moment: Legendary Camera Maker Files for Bankruptcy Protection

in News on January 18 at 9:29 pm PT

Struggling camera maker Kodak said on Wednesday night that it has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization.
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Beleaguered Kodak Tries Patent-Suit Strategy on Apple, HTC

in News on January 10 at 4:25 pm PT

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Kodak Preparing for Chapter 11 Filing

in News on January 4 at 11:24 am PT

Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy-protection filing in the coming weeks should efforts to sell a trove of digital patents fall through, people familiar with the matter said.

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Borders to Shut Down

in Commerce on July 18, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT

Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it. Borders, which employs about 10,700 people, scrapped a bankruptcy-court auction scheduled for Tuesday amid the dearth of bids.

Borders in Last-Ditch Talks

in Commerce, July 18, 2011 at 11:52 am PT

Nortel Patents Go to Group That Includes Apple, Microsoft, RIM and More

in News, June 30, 2011 at 10:48 pm PT

Dish, Icahn Make Bids for Blockbuster

in News, April 1, 2011 at 8:42 am PT

SK Telecom Considers Bid for Blockbuster

in News, March 31, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Got Any Old IP Addresses? Need to Raise Cash? You May Be in Luck

in Enterprise, March 25, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Chapter 11 for Borders, New Chapter for Books

in News, February 13, 2011 at 1:30 am PT

Making the Case for E-Commerce (i.e., Amazon) in 2011

in Commerce, January 4, 2011 at 5:22 pm PT

Blockbuster Hangs "For Rent" Signs on 187 Stores

Slow Fade-Out for Video Stores

in News, September 30, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Chapter 11, In Which Blockbuster Does the Inevitable

in News, September 23, 2010 at 9:06 am PT

SCO: It Lives Again!

in News, July 8, 2010 at 1:53 pm PT

SCO to Sponsor Next Season of “The Biggest Loser”

in News, June 11, 2010 at 9:31 am PT

Sirius Kicking Butt in 2010

in News, May 17, 2010 at 6:45 am PT

Palm CEO: Can’t Read My, Can’t Read My Poker Face…

in News, April 23, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

SCO: We’ll Live to Sue Another Day

in News, March 30, 2010 at 3:04 pm PT