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Electric car manufacturer Coda files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

By Bryan Bishop on May 2, 2013 10:13 pm + 35 comments

Fisker isn't the only electric car manufacturer that's failed to live up to expectations: today the Continue reading…
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'Life of Pi' VFX studio reportedly acquired after facing bankruptcy

By Jeff Blagdon on March 29, 2013 04:34 am + 34 comments

Following weeks of speculation, the bankrupt VFX house behind many of the effects in Oscar winner L Continue reading…
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Publisher behind iconic Reader's Digest takes a second trip through bankruptcy

By Chris Welch on February 18, 2013 12:23 pm + 8 comments

For the second time in under four years, the publisher behind Reader's Digest has filed for Chapter Continue reading…
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Kodak plans to emerge from bankruptcy this year as court approves $844 million in financing

By T.C. Sottek on January 23, 2013 03:52 pm + 8 comments

When Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January of last year, it estimated that it would Continue reading…
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THQ will be broken apart and sold to Sega, Ubisoft, and others, CEO announces

By Adi Robertson on January 23, 2013 03:41 pm + 54 comments

Games company THQ has just announced that it will be effectively dissolved, its assets sold off to Continue reading…
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Atari files for bankruptcy protection in bid to save legendary brand

By Jeff Blagdon on January 21, 2013 01:53 am + 45 comments

The leadership of Atari Inc., what’s left of the gaming legend behind Pong and the Atari 2600, is Continue reading…
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Blockbuster UK files for bankruptcy protection, more than 4,000 jobs at risk

By Nathan Ingraham on January 16, 2013 10:57 am + 45 comments

Blockbuster UK has gone into administration — the British term for filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy Continue reading…
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Rare posters for 'Metropolis' and eight other films to be auctioned off for at least $700,000

By Justin Rubio on December 5, 2012 04:26 pm + 3 comments

One of four surviving copies of an original poster for the movie Metropolis will be up for grabs in Continue reading…
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Kodak planning to exit consumer printing business as bankruptcy restructuring continues

By Nathan Ingraham on September 28, 2012 11:13 am + 19 comments

Kodak today announced it would cease the sale of consumer inkjet printers and cut a total of 1,200 Continue reading…
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2Pac hologram makers file for bankruptcy

By Jeff Blagdon on September 13, 2012 02:37 am + 16 comments

Digital Domain Media Group, the visual effects company co-founded by James Cameron, is entering into Continue reading…