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Pages in category "Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1980" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On April 13, 1989, American Continental Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [4] It was liquidated by the court in December 1990. [5] The loss of investors' life savings in Lincoln became one of the key events of the 1980s Savings and loan crisis and the core of the Keating Five political scandal.
Many banks failed as well. Between 1980 and 1994, 1,617 commercial banks failed (9.14 percent of all banks) with total assets of $206 billion. [92] However, the overlapping regional banking crises in the 1980s were far less severe on the commercial banking side because the FDIC remained solvent.
The history of bankruptcy law in the United States refers primarily to a series of acts of Congress regarding the nature of bankruptcy.As the legal regime for bankruptcy in the United States developed, it moved from a system which viewed bankruptcy as a quasi-criminal act, to one focused on solving and repaying debts for people and businesses suffering heavy losses.
Lincoln Savings and Loan Association was founded in Los Angeles as a California chartered savings & loan in 1925. [1]Through the early 1980s, Lincoln was a conservatively-run enterprise, with almost half its assets in home loans and only a quarter of its assets considered at risk. [2]
On September 15th in 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. This was the largest filing in U.S. History. Other Events on September 15th: 1963: 4 African American girls were killed ...
Woolworth's, Grant's, and McCrory's may be gone, but the history of five-and-dime stores is still alive at locations across the country.
Construction declined by a similar 300,000. Unemployment rose to a recession peak of 7.8% in June 1980, however, it changed very little through the end of the year, averaging 7.5% through the first quarter of 1981. [8] The official end of the recession was established as of July 1980. [1]