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Drowning In Medical Debt? Filing For Bankruptcy Could Be Your Life Raft

After losing her job in December—days after completing a round of chemotherapy, no less—now she's getting treatment without health insurance and is drowning in medical debt as a result.

Zombie brands: Life after bankruptcy

When companies die, the underlying brands often live on. Here's a look at the fate of Circuit City, Kodak, Sharper Image and five others.

Bankruptcy Filed By Real-Life “Jerry Maguire” – Sports Agent Broke After Years of Boozing

62-year-old celebrity sports agent Leigh Steinberg is filing for bankruptcy after a once-lucrative career was destroyed by alcoholism. Despite a clean, confident, and successful image, the real-life inspiration for Tom Cruise’s film Jerry Maguire has been arrested several times for alcohol-related offenses, and in and out of rehab twice as often. Steinberg, who innovated the [...] Bankruptcy ...

Bankruptcy for Twinkie maker?

Twinkie maker is in the fight for its life. Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Ding Dongs, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy protection for the second time since 2004 in the face of mounting debt and skyrocketing prices for ingredients, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Milwaukee archdiocese bid to duck abuse suits sparks ire

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Milwaukee's Roman Catholic archdiocese will ask a judge on Thursday to throw out hundreds of sexual abuse claims that have thrust it into bankruptcy, triggering a court battle and rekindling anger at the church's mishandling of abusive clergy. The aggressive stance taken by the archdiocese reminds victims' advocates how leaders of the U.S. church long resisted pleas to deal ...