As of August 31, 16 retailers have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017. Four of those sixteen retailers are filing for Chapter 22, meaning this is their second time declaring bankruptcy. Chapter 22 cases show that the first bankruptcy failed and that the firm and its advisors were too optimistic regarding the firms viability…
FINANCE A New England-based retailer that has the distinction of being the first curtain catalog company is closing up shop. Shareholders of The Fitzpatrick Companies, whose subsidiaries include Country Curtains, voted Wednesday to liquidate the 61-year-old business. Country Curtains will begin liquidating operations immediately, and a going-out-of-business sale will be launched in its 19 retail…
NEW DELHI: Jaiprakash Associates‘ board has approved the transfer of certain assets and liabilities, including debt of over Rs 11,834 crore, to its subsidiary Jaypee Infrastructure Development Ltd as part of its efforts to cut the overall borrowing of the company. The company had called a board meeting to consider the recommendations of the audit…
NEW DELHI: The government is open to amending the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to resolve practical difficulties and redress grievances, union minister P P Chaudhary has said, amid owners of many undelivered flats looking to seek relief under this law. Assuring that the challenges thrown up by some cases would get resolved, the minister…