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Video-rental chain Blockbuster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, effectively ending an era that it founded. (Sept. 23) Video Rating: 5 / 5 Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection and announced it will temporarily halt most of its vehicle production while it completes a deal with Italian carmaker Fiat designed to revive its tattered fortunes. [...]
Dish’s Blockbuster buy may mean brand’s survival share: digg facebook twitter NEW YORK (AP) — Dish Network Corp.’s agreement to buy Blockbuster Inc.’s assets out of bankruptcy could keep the movie-rental chain and its blue-and-gold logo from disappearing. [...] whether the No. 3 pay TV company can use Blockbuster’s brand, stores and streaming-video capabilities to [...]
Dish Network wins Blockbuster auction with 8 million bid The satellite TV company beats Carl Ichan and a group of debt holders in bidding for the bankrupt movie-rental chain. Read more on The Oregonian Retailer closes O.C. store, files for bankruptcy Courtesy of iStockphoto.comAn Ontario-based discount clothing chain, which operates about 70 stores including six… [...]
Dish Network acquires Blockbuster with 8-million bid The movie rental chain filed bankruptcy in September. The majority of its stores have already closed. Dish Network Corp. said Wednesday that it won the auction for Blockbuster Inc. with a bid valued at $ 228 million in cash. Read more on Los Angeles Times Dish Network acquires [...]
Bids to be opened Monday for bankrupt Blockbuster Associated Press NEW YORK — Several bidders are set to duke it out for Blockbuster Inc. at a bankruptcy auction in New York on Monday. They reportedly include Dish Network Corp. and billionaire investor Carl Icahn. Read more on New Haven Register American Apparel warns it may [...]