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A closed J.C. Penney store at a mall in San Bruno, California. The retailer is an anchor store in a lot of malls.
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Lord & Taylor's final sale: Who will buy all that real estate?

Aug 28, 2020
The venerable department store is closing all 38 of its brick-and-mortar locations after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Pedestrians walk past a shuttered Lord & Taylor department store in Garden City, New York. on May 12.
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Bankruptcies among larger businesses highest since just after Great Recession

Aug 12, 2020
The situation for small and medium-sized businesses is probably even worse.
A shop closing down soon in Santa Monica, California. More businesses are going bankrupt this year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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As J.C. Penney liquidates merchandise, other retailers scramble to compete

Jun 24, 2020
Department stores have to move inventory quickly, and that can be tough if there's a liquidation sale going on next door.
J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy in May.
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COVID-19 pushes business bankruptcies higher in an already tough year

Jun 19, 2020
The government support provided at the beginning of the pandemic was meant to be temporary, but companies are still suffering.
A "Store Closing" sign on a Pier 1 in Chicago.
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Companies are borrowing like crazy, even though their incomes are down

May 28, 2020
For some, borrowing's a lifeline. For others, it's a bargain.
A Hertz car-rental office in New York. The company filed for bankruptcy after amassing $19 billion in debt.
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Here comes the bankruptcy wave

May 14, 2020
Experts expect more business and personal bankruptcies as the economic crisis intensifies.
A temporarily closed J.Crew store in New York. The chain went bankrupt this month.
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For public good, not for profit.

J. Crew is the first major retailer to file for bankruptcy under COVID-19

Online business will continue as usual, and J. Crew still has plans to reopen stores.
J. Crew has almost $1.7 billion in debt its restructuring.
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Coal mine standoff in Kentucky moves to negotiation between parties

Sep 12, 2019
Miners and mine owner have begun negotiations to break the deadlock in Harlan County.
Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner Chris Lewis shows his tattoo as he participates in a blockade along the railroad tracks that lead to one of Blackjewel's mines on August 08, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky.
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FTD files for bankruptcy, will break apart business to survive

Jun 4, 2019
FTD declares bankruptcy, but will still deliver flowers.
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