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Why bankrupt companies can keep doing business

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Dying is for poor people; corporations just restructure. Chapter 11 allows failing companies to freeze their debt collections, stiff their creditors, and continue business as usual while high-priced lawyers figure out how to salvage executive bonuses from the burning financial wreckage.

Why bankrupt companies can keep doing business
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