Five months after Casey Anthony's year-long probation ended, the infamous defendant acquitted, much to Nancy Grace's chagrin, in July 2011 of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee filed for bankruptcy Friday in Florida.
Start stockpiling your cream and preservative filled snack cakes: Hostess is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Again.
Sad news, friends: today Dippin' Dots, the company that makes those tiny balls of ice cream sold in malls as "The Ice Cream of the Future," has filed for bankruptcy. The company is asking a judge to allow it to use cash collateral to stay in business. This would be good news for people who like novelty, and forms of ice…
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Housewives going broke is nothing new, but two more cast members of Bravo's franchise—Tamra's soon-to-be ex-husband Simon Barney and Alexis Bellino—have just filed for bankruptcy, making that a grand total of 10 Housewives who've sought protection from creditors.
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American Media Inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday, listing between $500 million and $1 billion in debt. This will not affect the daily operations of the magazines it publishes, including the National Enquirer, Star, Shape, Men's Fitness and Fit Pregnancy.
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The Real Housewives franchise purports to feature well-off women. But according to our research, their appearances of wealth can be quite deceiving. And their money problems extend even further than you might think.
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The house of Christian Lacroix has just filed for bankruptcy protection in French court. Owners the Falic Group have been trying to sell a stake in the company, but negotiations with potential investors broke down. In 22 years of operation, Lacroix has never turned a profit. [NY Times]
