Sources: BBC
American fabrics and handicraft supplies retail chain Jo-Ann Stores files its second bankruptcy claim and announces it will close all 800 stores in the 49 states, with liquidation sales beginning immediately. 2025-02-25
Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, declares itself bankrupt. The council says all spending, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, will stop immediately. 2023-09-5
German airline Germania declares bankruptcy and ceases operations, cancelling all flights immediately. 2019-02-4
Toys "R" Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, and also files for bankruptcy in Canada, as it attempts to restructure its debts. 2017-09-18
With $18.5 billion in debts, the city of Detroit, Michigan files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. [http:--www.freep.com-article-20130718-NEWS01-307180107-Detroit-bankruptcy-filing-Kevyn-Orr-emergency-manager "(Detroit Free Press)"]2013-07-18
Eastman Kodak Co. announces that it will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in an effort to save money during bankruptcy. 2012-02-9
The Swedish car maker Saab Automobile files for bankruptcy in a self-managed reconstruction process. 2011-09-7
TerreStar Networks, a mobile-communications company that has been in bankruptcy since October 2010, picks Dish Network as the stalking horse bidder for an upcoming auction. 2011-06-15
Former US baseball player Lenny Dykstra is indicted on 13 counts of bankruptcy fraud. 2011-05-6
Lehman Brothers bondholders, including hedge fund manager Paulson & Co., file a plan for the reorganization of that defunct broker-dealer, presenting the New York bankruptcy court with an alternative to the plan Lehman itself filed earlier in the year. 2010-12-15