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The global effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 continues to impact all economic regions and industries. Risk professionals must adapt quickly or risk being sideswiped by the rise in bankruptcies.
The global effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 continues to impact all economic regions and industries. Risk professionals must adapt quickly or risk being sideswiped by the rise in bankruptcies.
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The FRISK® Score Reacts Faster and Improves Risk Assessment

The global effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 continues to impact all economic regions and industries. Risk professionals must adapt quickly or risk being sideswiped by the rise in bankruptcies.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
Engine failure: the bankruptcy of Briggs & Stratton corporation was an event long suspected by CreditRiskMonitor subscribers who watched their FRISK® score on a daily basis.
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Briggs & Stratton Corporation

Engine failure: the bankruptcy of Briggs & Stratton Corporation was an event long suspected by CreditRiskMonitor subscribers who watched the company's fledgling FRISK® score on a daily basis.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
California Resources Corporation Bankruptcy Case Study
California Resources Corporation could not stave off bankruptcy in 2020, hit simultaneously by a price war in oil & gas and the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
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California Resources Corporation

California Resources Corporation could not stave off bankruptcy in 2020, hit simultaneously by a price war in oil & gas and the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

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High Risk Report
South African retailer Steinhoff International Holdings NV is battling the fallout from a massive accounting fraud and facing legal claims amounting to more than $10 billion USD. Couple that with the overall industry decline due to coronavirus and bankruptcy could be very near.
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Steinhoff International Holdings NV

South African retailer Steinhoff is battling the fallout from a massive accounting fraud and facing legal claims amounting to more than $10 billion USD. Couple that with the overall industry deline due to coronavirus and bankruptcy could be very near.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
¡Ay, Caramba! The coronavirus has grounded Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV, but their heavy debt load preceding the pandemic made the Mexican airliner a bankruptcy risk for many years prior.
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Grupo Aeroméxico SAB de CV

¡Ay, Caramba! The coronavirus has grounded Grupo Aeroméxico SAB de CV, but their heavy debt load preceding the pandemic made the Mexican airliner a bankruptcy risk for many years prior.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the latest heavily indebted oil and gas business to seek bankruptcy protection since the coronavirus pandemic crippled demand for energy.
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the latest heavily indebted oil and gas business to seek bankruptcy protection since the coronavirus pandemic crippled demand for energy.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
Grupo Famsa SAB de CV has filed for bankruptcy.
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Grupo Famsa SAB de CV

Mexican department store chain Grupo Famsa SAB de CV has met bankruptcy, hammered by a huge drop in sales due to COVID-19.

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The senior housing industry reported a significant share of the coronavirus illness cases, causing a collapse in occupancy. A considerable population decline in assisted living facilities could deliver a slew of corporate bankruptcies in the coming year.
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Coronavirus Deals Prolonged Damage to Senior Housing and Care Facilities

The senior housing industry reported a significant share of the coronavirus illness cases, causing a collapse in occupancy. A considerable population decline in assisted living facilities could deliver a slew of corporate bankruptcies in the coming year.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
The (pizza) party's over. Texas-based CEC Entertainment, Inc., parent company of the popular Chuck E. Cheese theme restaurant chain in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy as the combo of tremendous debt and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic derailed their business.
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CEC Entertainment, Inc.

The (pizza) party's over. Texas-based CEC Entertainment, Inc., parent company of the popular Chuck E. Cheese theme restaurant chain in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy as the combo of tremendous debt and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic derailed their business.

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The fall of car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. proves the point that the health of an entire supply chain, from raw material harvesting to finished products, is critical to understand relative to assessing bankruptcy risk potential.
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Hertz Happenings Drive Point Home: Every Supply Chain Link Critical

The fall of car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. proves the point that the health of an entire supply chain, from raw material harvesting to finished products, is critical to understand relative to assessing bankruptcy risk potential.

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Bankruptcy Case Study
Time ran out for health retailer GNC Holdings, Inc. in their quest to shape up their balance sheet. The popular house of nutrition suffered mightily under the weight of debt.
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GNC Holdings, Inc.

Time ran out for health retailer GNC Holdings, Inc. in their quest to shape up their balance sheet. The popular house of nutrition suffered mightily under the weight of debt.

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In a pandemic period when major public company bankruptcies are hitting hard daily, reliance on payment performance and/or financial statement analysis provides a whole new slew of dangers.
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Timing is of the Essence: FRISK® Score Warns before Other Risk Solutions during COVID-19

In a pandemic period when major public company bankruptcies are hitting hard daily, reliance on payment performance and/or financial statement analysis provides a whole new slew of dangers.

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