Bankruptcy

Century 21 Stores — a destination for bargain hunters looking for fat deals on designer dresses and shoes, cosmetics and housewares for nearly 60 years — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is winding down its business, shutting all 13 stores across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida.

Payless ShoeSource closed its final stores in the U.S. in June 2019 after filing for bankruptcy, but the shoe retailer announced Tuesday it is returning.

Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline is seeking protection from creditors as it tries to survive the pandemic that is slamming air travel

Lord & Taylor is seeking bankruptcy protection, as is the owner of Men’s Wearhouse and Jos

The operator of Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, the latest retailer to do so during the pandemic.

Brooks Brothers, the 200-year-old company that dressed nearly every U.S. president, is filing for bankruptcy protection

Denim retailer Lucky Brand Dungarees has filed for bankruptcy protection, blaming its troubles in part on the coronavirus pandemic, and said it has a deal lined up to sell the company. Lucky said it plans to close 13 stores and could shutter more during the bankruptcy process. Los Angeles-based Lucky filed for Chapter 11 protection on Friday in federal bankruptcy…

Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Chuck E Cheese is filing for bankruptcy protection

Pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese has filed for bankruptcy protection. The chain geared toward children has struggled during the coronavirus pandemic with parents unsure if they can host birthday parties.

Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, unable to withstand the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company’s business. The Estero, Florida-based company’s lenders were unwilling to grant it another extension on its auto lease debt payments past a Friday deadline, triggering the filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. Hertz and its subsidiaries...

Fort Worth-based home goods retailer Pier 1 Imports announced Tuesday that it filed a motion seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin “an orderly wind-down of the company’s retail operations” and to liquidate all assets due to economic stress brought on by the pandemic coupled with the inability to find a buyer.

Hospitals across the United States are facing financial ruin.

As coronavirus spreads across rural America, many struggling hospitals are seeing a massive loss of revenue after they were forced to cancel profitable elective procedures.

A federal judge in Delaware has rejected an appeal by the producer and stars of the film “Silver Linings Playbook” stemming from a ruling in The Weinstein Co. bankruptcy

Modell’s Sporting Goods, the century-old family-owned sporting goods chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be closing its remaining 115 stores.

The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia has filed for bankruptcy protection as it seeks relief from debt brought by the museum’s construction efforts to build its 100,000-square-foot location near Independence Mall.

California power regulators on Thursday slapped Pacific Gas & Electric with a $2.1 billion fine for igniting a series of deadly wildfires that landed the beleaguered utility in bankruptcy.

Noah’s Event Venue, an event company with reportedly 42 venues in 25 states as of 2019, abruptly closed its doors last week with little notice. Now, thousands of couples are stranded looking for alternative venues, not sure if they are going to receive any or all of their money back.

A suburban couple says they’re out thousands of dollars they paid for their upcoming wedding after an event company with multiple locations in the Chicago area abruptly shut its doors. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.

The parent company of Bakers Square filed for bankruptcy, and closed five Chicago-area restaurants.