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It went public in 1865, but was badly affected by a general fall in stock prices. The Bank of England refused to advance money, and it collapsed. The directors were sued, but exonerated from fraud. Friedrich Krupp: Germany: 1873: Steel, metals: Krupp's business over-expanded, and had to take a 30m Mark loan from the Preußische Bank, the Bank ...
The end of colonialism and the invention of the electric fan largely put punkah wallahs out of business in the 20th century. [181] Tech: 17: 20: Reeve: A reeve was an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a feudal lord. [182] [183]: 166–178 H. R. Loyn observed, "he [the reeve] is the earliest English specialist in ...
As the economy emerged out of the Covid-19 pandemic, companies faced a laundry list of problems arising from high costs, supply shortages and growing competition. Here are 7 of the well-known ...
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A former Red Barn location in Mississauga, Ontario, now a Mr. Sub restaurant. This is a list of defunct fast-food chains.A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchising agreements.
In June 2020, Pier 1 officially went out of business and announced that it would be closing all of its stores by October, CNN reported. Sales had been declining as big-box stores like Target and ...
Once a mall stalwart, this well-known fashion retailer went bankrupt at the beginning of 2017 and closed all of its roughly 250 stores. Though it initially planned to become an e-commerce company ...
Former companies that designed and/or manufactured semiconductor products include: those driven out of business by competitors; declared bankrupt; sold (willingly) to other companies, and/or bought in hostile takeovers.