Del Monte Foods, producer of canned fruits and vegetables, initiatied Chapter 11 proceedings on Monday and is seeking a buyer ...

The stigma. First, realize you are not alone. Americans are expected to file more than 1.5 million bankruptcy cases this year. At least 25,000 of those will be filed in the five-county area ...

Store-closing sales are crucial to the nation’s retail economy: They help liquidate slow-to-sell inventory, and in many cases, they fund a company’s operations through bankruptcy. Without ...

Choosing the wrong type of bankruptcy. Selecting the wrong chapter is one way to go wrong early in the process. For instance, a Chapter 7 petition may be rejected if the filer has enough income to ...

Stockton, Calif.'s municipal bankruptcy filing makes it the largest city in U.S. history to go bust. Its failure — and those of a few other cities recently — offer clues for other local ...

We know going bankrupt is difficult and painful: but. Bankruptcy is the bogeyman of personal finances. We know it's a last resort for people with overwhelming debts, ...

How to Go Through Bankruptcy and Put a Business in Someone Else's Name. When you decide to file for bankruptcy, you may be able to keep your small business under certain circumstances.

Determining whether a merger with a near-bankrupt company makes sense requires careful consideration. Merging a company headed toward bankruptcy adds another layer of risk to successful execution ...

Bankruptcy might be seen as a dirty word but it's a pretty simple concept - it's when nearly all of your debts are written off because you can't afford to pay them at the time that they're owed.

Store-closing sales are crucial to the nation’s retail economy: They help liquidate slow-to-sell inventory, and in many cases, they fund a company’s operations through bankruptcy. Without ...