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Business Definition for: Bankrupt

  • a person or corporation that has been declared by a court of law as unable to meet their financial obligations

Wiktionary Definition for: Bankrupt

  • that is formally declared unable to pay its creditors

Additional Resources

Assets Of Bankrupt Companies Are Usually Sold 'As Is, Where Is'
From the executive summary: ‘There are four words that carry a lot of weight when an individual is thinking about buying the assets of a bankrupt company; as is, where is. The assets of bankrupt companies are almost always sold as is, where is. Anyone who plans to buy and...
Tags: Operational Planning, Business Operations, Asset, Asset Management, American City Business Journals Inc.
White papers 2002-01-18
Commentary: Bankrupt Entergy New Orleans Inc. plan does not add up
Bankrupt Entergy New Orleans Inc. hasn't done itself any public relations favors post-Katrina.
Research articles 2006-10-30
How To Get A Loan Post Bankruptcy
If you are or have been bankrupt you can still get a loan. Some lenders and other finance professionals, or your neighbors, friends, family and well-meaning but misinformed people would have you think that the minute you file that bankruptcy you'll never have a car or a home in your...
Tags: Loan, Bankruptcy, Articlesisland.com, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance
White papers 2007-05-10
Sears will repay bankrupt customers retailer pressed to pay off
BOSTON AP -- Sears Roebuck and Co. said Thursday it will repay bankrupt customers who were pressured to continue paying off their Sears credit cards even though their debts had been wiped out.
Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co.
Research articles 1997-04-11
If You're Looking for an Alternative to Bankruptcy an IVA Could Be the Answer
For many people the idea of going bankrupt feels them with horror and it's not difficult to understand why. Going bankrupt has all sorts of social stigmas associated with it, not to mention a whole host of disadvantages and disqualifications. No wonder then that the IVA, introduced by the government...
Tags: Litigation, Bankruptcy, EzineArticles.com, Government, Business Operations
White papers 2006-03-29
Employees file suit against bankrupt LI-based Acclaim Entertainment
More than 170 employees have signed onto a suit seeking to recoup more than $500,000 from bankrupt video-game maker Acclaim Entertainment for allegedly refusing to give them proper notice before termination.
Tags: entertainment
Research articles 2005-01-21
Coors in battle for bankrupt Jinro Ltd - Coors Brewing Co
The Coors Brewing Co. is engaged in a bruising battle for control of the bankrupt Korean brewer Jinro Ltd., a company in which Coors once held a minority interest.
Tags: Coors, Molson Coors Brewing Co.
Research articles 1999-07-12
Bounced out of bankruptcy? American retailing. (Federated Department Stores Inc. aims to buy bankrupt R.H. Macy and Co.)
Federated, which emerged quickly from its bankruptcy, is trying to acquire the bankrupt Macy's, a merger that has been considered since 1988. The two retail chains would seem to make a complementary and rather simple consolidation, but Macy's may resist wFederated, which emerged quickly from its bankruptcy, is trying to...
Tags: bankruptcy, Federated Department Stores Inc., Macy
Research articles 1994-01-08
SureWest deals to buy WINfirst.(SureWest Communications to buy some assets from Western Integrated Networks L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
SureWest Communications said last week it signed a purchase agreement to buy "certain assets" from the bankrupt Western Integrated Networks LLC at the lire-sale price of $12 million. The bankrupt company, which does business as WINfi SureWest Communications said...
Tags: asset, broadband
Research articles 2002-06-24
KPNQwest bankrupt, Nordic subsidiaries limp on
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-4 June 2002-KPNQwest bankrupt, Nordic subsidiaries limp on C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Research articles 2002-06-04
Flying The Bankrupt Skies?: 7 Tips
Flying on a bankrupt airline can be a headache. The service might be awful, your schedule might change, and there's even a chance that the airline will stop flying entirely. But there's an up-side to all of this: the deals. Troubled airlines are desperate for your business, and are willing...
Tags: Litigation, Bargain, Airline, Business Operations
White papers
California's Baldwin Co. Puts Bankrupt Homebuilding Unit Up for Sale.(Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
Feb. 29--Baldwin Co. officially put its bankrupt homebuilding unit up for sale and expects to begin collecting offers for all or part of the company next week, an attorney said Wednesday. Feb. 29--Baldwin Co. officially put its bankrupt homebuilding unit up for sale and expects to...
Tags: Orange PCS
Research articles 1996-02-29
Richard X. Bove on Lehman: An Assault on Reason
Charlie Bottle submits: Ladenbrug Thalman's Richard X. Bove stirred the market on Friday by speculating on the attractiveness of Lehman LEH as a target for an hostile take over.  “If one assumes that the Neuberger Berman subsidiary is worth somewhere between $9 to $13 billion, the rest of the...
Tags: Financial, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
External links 2008-08-24
Don't Rush To Bankruptcy - But It Might Be Inevitable
What is Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. A declared state of bankruptcy can be requested or initiated by the bankrupt individual or organization, or it can be requested by creditors in an effort to recoup a...
Tags: Creditor, Bankruptcy, Articlesisland.com, Litigation, Business Operations
White papers 2006-10-25
Last in line.(bankrupt Farmland Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
Farmers who owned stock in bankrupt Farmland Industries Inc. may have to wait months--or years--for the bankruptcy court to decide whether that stock has value, or is merely worth the paper it is printed on. Attorneys say farmers are unsecured credit Farmers who owned stock in...
Tags: stock
Research articles 2002-06-22
Determinants of the Choice of Bankruptcy Procedure in Japan
This paper asks whether close bank-firm relations mitigate the negative consequences of bankruptcy regime. In Japan, major creditors control the fate of the bankrupt firm. Potential costs of such a regime are destruction of firm value as management seeks to stave off bankruptcy, and inefficient liquidations. While bankrupt firms affiliated...
Tags: Business Operations, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Liquidation, Ohio State University, Bank
White papers 2001-06-01
FCC case making lenders nervous. (Federal Communications Commission licensing of bankrupt television station company Tak Communications)
Sharad Tak has been effectively kicked out of bankrupt Tak Communications. That, says a competing applicant for the four Tak TV stations whose licenses are up for renewal, means the company should have no "renewal expectancy." Tak c ...
Tags: bankruptcy, creditor, FCC, renewal
Research articles 1993-08-09
Enron: Enron goes bankrupt
ENRON WENT bankrupt in early December, buried in debt, mired in controversy and embroiled in a bitter legal battle with erstwhile merger partner Dynegy.ENRON WENT bankrupt in early December, buried in debt, mired in controversy and embroiled in a bitter legal battle with erstwhile merger partner Dynegy.
Tags: Enron Corp.
Research articles 2002-01-01
Bankrupt Biloxi, Miss., Palace Casino to Be Sold.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
BILOXI, Miss.--Nov. 22--The Palace Casino's bankrupt owner, its creditors an d its bondholders agreed Tuesday to sell to a Biloxi company that plans to keep the casino here. BILOXI, Miss.--Nov. 22--The Palace Casino's bankrupt owner, its creditors an d its bondholders agreed Tuesday to sell to...
Tags: casino, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 1995-11-22
War at telcos' top end; AT&T, Sprint, other firms make push for WorldCom's big corporate customers; bankrupt giant fighting back.(News)
Byline: tom fredrickson WorldCom's competitors are swooping in on the bankrupt giant's most important customers-big businesses, often based in the New York City region, that spend millions of dollars a year on data and long-distance services. A Byline: tom fredrickson...
Tags: AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, WorldCom Inc.
Research articles 2002-12-02
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