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Spectacular Failures: Trump's big gamble on Atlantic CitySpectacular Failures: Trump's big gamble on Atlantic City

Trump's big gamble on Atlantic City

August 19, 2019 5:00 AM
By the time the final dice were thrown, Trump's Atlantic City casino operations had gone bankrupt six times. Despite that, Trump won the long game.
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Toys R Us goes bust

August 12, 2019 5:00 AM
No amount of nostalgia could save Toys R Us from the private equity firms that owned it.
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Lincoln Savings loses it all

August 5, 2019 5:00 AM
Charles Keating robbed working people of their life savings and cost taxpayers billions of dollars. All under the watch of powerful politicians.
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The inferno that transformed American labor

July 29, 2019 5:00 AM
The aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire helped usher in higher wages, safer conditions and a prohibition on child labor.
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Family fighting sends U-Haul on a detour

July 22, 2019 5:00 AM
U-Haul’s trip to bankruptcy will make you think twice about mixing business and family.

Kodak misses its moment

July 15, 2019 5:00 AM
The world's largest photography company pioneers the snapshot, invents the digital camera and... declares bankruptcy.

A funeral industry giant keels over

July 8, 2019 5:00 AM
A family-owned business fights a billion-dollar, multinational company. And wins.

Schlitz Beer goes bad, then worse

July 1, 2019 5:00 AM
"The beer that made Milwaukee famous" cuts corners. And loses its most loyal customers.
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MoviePass begins with plenty of drama

June 24, 2019 5:00 AM
Unlimited movie theater tickets for $9.99 a month? It sounds too good to be true and, well... it might be.
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A Christian theme park plunges into scandal

June 17, 2019 5:00 AM
How Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's wildly popular Christian theme park was upended by fraud, scandal and lavish spending.
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Introducing Spectacular Failures

May 30, 2019 5:06 PM
Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions.