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The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the 1929 Wall Street crash that began the Great Depression. Causes of the crisis included predatory lending in the form of subprime mortgages to low-income homebuyers and a resulting housing bubble, excessive risk-taking ...
Effects of the 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis on the United States. An automobile dealership in Orland, California which closed after General Motors cut ties with it and several hundred other dealers as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring efforts in 2009 [1] Beginning in the latter half of 2008, a global-scale recession ...
e. The 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis formed part of the 2007–2008 financial crisis and the resulting Great Recession. The crisis affected European and Asian automobile manufacturers, but it was primarily felt in the American automobile manufacturing industry. The downturn also affected Canada by virtue of the Automotive Products ...
The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009. [1] The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country (see map). [2][3] At the time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the ...
Panda Energy International, Inc. was an American privately held company headquartered in Dallas, Texas which constructs, maintains and operates environmentally friendly power plants. The organization has been recognised by Newsweek magazine as one of the top ten eco-friendly energy companies in America. [2]
General Electric Company. General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston. The company had several divisions, including aerospace, energy, healthcare, and finance. [7][8][9][10] In 2020, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 33rd largest ...
Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation financial company [58] April 10, 2009: New Frontier Bank: Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation Bank [59] April 17, 2009: American Sterling Bank: Metcalf Bank: Bank [60] April 24, 2009: American Southern Bank: Georgia Department of Banking and Finance: Bank $ 216,600,000 [61] May 8, 2009: Stanford Bank ...
Logo of Enron. The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal involving Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas.When news of widespread fraud within the company became public in October 2001, the company filed for bankruptcy and its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen—then one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world—was effectively dissolved.