Toys ‘R’ Us to Close About 180 Stores in Attempt to End Bankruptcy
Retail chain Toys “R” Us Inc. is planning to close about 180 stores in an effort to end its bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy
ECOtality Files for Bankruptcy
Taxpayer-backed green energy company ECOtality filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday following weeks of turmoil in which the company laid off employees and ceased filling orders for its electric vehicle charging stations.
Riding the Motor City Struggle Bus
DETROIT — I came to Detroit expecting a wasteland. Instead, I met a bunch of nice people and ate hot dogs.
Detroit Bankruptcy Could Flood Obamacare Exchanges, Increasing Costs
The retirees that cities like Detroit are trying to push into Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges could drive up the premiums in the exchanges and swell costs to the federal government, experts say.
‘No Bailout’: Senators Look to Pre-Empt U.S. Aid to Detroit
Republicans in the Senate want to make sure the federal government does not become involved in the financial maelstrom hitting Detroit, which filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history last week.
Sunday Show Roundup
After becoming the largest city to file for bankruptcy, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing (D) said his city will bounce back and that many other urban cities are facing similar woes. Additionally, the mayor left open the possibility of a federal bailout.
Bing: No Federal Bailout for Detroit ‘Yet’
Bing: We Would ‘Love’ for Washington to Bail Us Out
Here Comes the Hammer
The Washington Post reports that M.C. Hammer (aka Stanley Burrell) will address this month’s meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17.
A123 Got $1M From Gov on Same Day it Went Bankrupt
Battery-manufacturer A123 Systems Inc., which received a $249 million grant under President Barack Obama’s green energy initiative, received nearly $1 million from the federal government the same day it declared bankruptcy, Reuters reports.
