Bankruptcy
Jul 3 2009, Marco Villa

California, one of the world’s largest economies, has reached the brink. It is a sad day for America for California always promised the “Golden Road” for the rest of the country as the pioneering state. But years of badly managed public finances with...

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The Greenbrier Resort in Sulpher Springs, WV, is seen in a Feb., 28, 2002 file photo. The posh Greenbrier resort that has housed presidents and royalty in West Virginia has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and signed a deal to sell itself to hotel giant..