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Precious metals investors saw their holdings skyrocket in value in 2024 and 2025, which was great news for them, but bad news for some dealers, such as Rosland Capital LLC. Rosland Capital filed for a Chapter 11 liquidation facing distress from declining profitability compounded by an unsustainable order fulfillment model amid record precious metals prices. …
Budget carriers pin their collapse on skyrocketing fuel tied straight to Middle East conflict. JetBlue is now formally warning us of a potential bankruptcy as fuel costs continue to skyrocket due to the Trump war. One analysis put their odds of filing for bankruptcy at 75%. Frontier is also on Bankruptcy watch with the same …
Republican House Chip Roy berates his own party again: "The American people are wondering what on Earth is happening when they look at this body and see what we fail to do. We're continuing every single day to drive this entire country into bankruptcy" byu/ExactlySorta inPublicFreakout
Hey now. Sometimes big companies publicly champion those regulations, if they can frame it as some kind of moral crusade. truly one of the most amazing developments in trans-Atlantic tech policy over the past 20 years is the way that Europe set out to regulate US tech giants into the ground, but only made them …
According to a new poll by financial services company JG Wentworth, conducted in February 2026 and surveying 1,421 U.S. adults, almost half of all personal bankruptcies are due to the cost of living and tariff costs. When asked what contributed most to their bankruptcy, 43.4 percent of respondents cited the cost of living crisis, making …
9 large companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last week. This brings the 3-week average to 6, the highest rate since the 2020 pandemic byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Mega bankruptcies becoming more common among large firms There’s an ongoing surge in mega bankruptcies (large companies with significant assets) across the U.S., driven by rising interest rates, …
An iconic American outdoors brand is being forced to rethink its business route, with a major operator filing for bankruptcy amid plummeting sales. The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the US and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing declining sales and a host of other industry challenges. This marks …
U.S. deficit spending? … Record high U.S. gov. debt? … Record high Interest payments on gov. debt? … Record high American household debt? … Record high Owning a house? … Record high … 40 years old! Gold price (measurement of dollar destruction)? … Record high… pic.twitter.com/U93aNWS4TC — Chris Rossini (@ChrisRossini) January 22, 2026 BREAKING: The …
California will be bankrupt by 2030. If you’re expecting a state pension, it is at risk. If you don’t believe it, check Grok or Gemini and explore how California politicians changed the reporting rules on your pension so they could hide how underwater it is. The middle class citizens of California will soon be asked …
A national pizza chain is the latest victim in the decline of fast-casual dining. The Little Brown Box Pizza, parent company of Pieology Pizzeria, filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, according to QSR Magazine. The chain, founded in 2011, listed between $100,000 and $500,000 in assets and $1 million and $10 million in liabilities. The …
Marriott guests left ‘homeless’ as rental company Sonder abruptly goes out of business, deal with hotel terminated: ‘Treated us so poorly’ https://t.co/UCIbSiCVDE pic.twitter.com/UIAPdXpuOP — New York Post (@nypost) November 12, 2025 Hotel guests around the world were left “homeless” when they were evicted from their rentals with only hours of notice after Marriott-backed chain Sonder …
First Brands BANKRUPTCY shakes credit markets: The collapse WIPED OUT $4 billion in leveraged loans held across ~80 CLOs from PGIM, Franklin Templeton, Blackstone, and others. The sudden failure is a major warning for the broader credit market and leveraged loan sector… More corporate failures to come? ⚠️First Brands BANKRUPTCY shakes credit markets: The collapse …
https://twitter.com/SilvioVassalli/status/1976274291399541058 Oops! 👇🏼 https://t.co/jvblybqt9n pic.twitter.com/1i3dLKnzQB — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) October 9, 2025 “The Debtors estimate that they have between $10 billion and $50 billion in liabilities.” — Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition, Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands/Home-Index “While the official filing lists liabilities between $10 billion and $50 billion, several creditors now fear …
Chapter 7 Individual Bankruptcy Filings Jump 15 Percent In First 9 Months Of 2025 — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) October 6, 2025 A total of 249,152 individual Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings were made in the first nine months of this year in the United States, which is a 15 percent jump compared to the same period last …
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15148559/bartell-drugs-closures-seattle-cvs-rite-aid.html The great American drugstore shakeout has claimed another victim — as yet another regional favorite vanishes from the high street. After 135 years in business, one of Washington’s most iconic pharmacy chains has shut its doors for good, closing its final three locations last weekend after weeks of inventory blowouts. The collapse follows a …
Tricolor Auto Holdings just blew up, and the fallout is spreading fast. What was once a quiet giant in subprime car lending has collapsed into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Cars are gone, loans are unpaid, and billions in debt are floating in the system with nowhere to land. But the real danger isn’t the bankruptcy itself, …
the housing market in canada is incredibley expensive, I saw a house in a rural area about 10 mins out of town. A house in a 20 acres with five bedrooms, five bathrooms. THE asking price is 1.5 million dollars the real estate showed the mortgage of 7000 to 8000 a month, holy… — Up …
AAA bonds rated just two months ago are crashing, with lower tranches nearly worthless. Subprime auto debt tied to fraud is imploding while rating agencies keep pretending nothing is wrong. First blood….. https://t.co/LEFhuiY4JY — Bogachan Ozdemir (@Bogachan_1971) September 11, 2025 🚨Tricolor’s AAA bonds (rated 2 months ago July ’25) just plunged—par to 78¢, lower tranches …
The collapse isn’t theoretical. It’s procedural. Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a year. The company emerged from its last restructuring in March. By August, it was back in court. Again. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/spirit-airlines-chapter-11-bankruptcy.html “Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less …
The wreckage is official. CareerBuilder and Monster, once the twin engines of online job hunting, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 24. The merged company, CareerBuilder + Monster, is being dismantled piece by piece. The job board is going to JobGet. The government software unit is headed to Valsoft. Military.com and Fastweb.com are being …
by Mike Maharrey In another sign that things aren’t so great on Main Street, bankruptcy inquiries hit pandemic-level highs in Q1. More and more people are worried about a looming recession. The mainstream blames these economic worries on tariffs, but it’s pretty clear Americans started feeling the squeeze long before the trade war. Tariffs may be …
by kmmeow1 I personally believe that buying put options on small cap ETFs such as IWM & IJR are going to be more profitable than on SPY & QQQ. Why? Large companies have more ability to navigate the complex supply chain issue. Plus, giant firms like Apple and Amazon can afford to ask for favors …
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the US declined by 0.7% in March 2025 to 100.5, after a decline of 0.2% in February. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/QaFvkXJliE — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April 21, 2025 Americans considering filing for bankruptcy hits highest level since pandemic… Bankruptcy filings are on the rise in 2025. This year, …
The Brief Bankruptcy filings are on the rise in 2025. This year, over 140,000 bankruptcy filings were reported in the U.S. Americans thinking about bankruptcy are tied to financial factors like tariffs and consumer debt. A new report reveals that more people are pondering filing for bankruptcy in the first half of 2025, which is …
Hooters of America has filed for bankruptcy in Texas, as it tries to deal with its debts by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a group backed by its founders. The firm currently directly owns and operates 151 restaurants, with another 154 operated by franchisees, mainly in the US. The company said its restaurants, …
Bar Louie is collapsing. The once-popular gastrobar chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection—again. This marks the second time in five years that the company has sought financial refuge, citing rising food costs, inflation, and failing locations as key reasons for its downfall. At its peak in 2018, Bar Louie had over 130 locations. …
Zillow just revised down their 2025 housing market forecast to 0.6% price growth on a national basis, down from 2.9% earlier this year. The result is that Zillow is now forecasting home price declines in 250 cities across America, a clear sign of a slowing housing market. The areas in the U.S. where home prices …
A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for millions of dollars in damages to a giant pipeline company in relation to protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline nearly a decade ago. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners sued Greenpeace for $300 million in 2019, accusing the environmental group of masterminding the protests, spreading misinformation and …
