Andrew Dunn

Discount department store chain Gordmans is declaring bankruptcy, and plans to liquidate.

Gordmans Stores files for bankruptcy with plan to liquidate

June 5, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.

Gordmans Stores, the century-old discount department store chain, filed for bankruptcy with plans to liquidate its inventory and assets. The company, which posted losses in five of the past six...

Bankrupt Aeropostale could stay open with the help of investors.

Chicago firms win Aeropostale auction, plan to keep 229 stores open

June 15, 2018 at 5:51 a.m.

A consortium led by Simon Property Group Inc. and General Growth Properties Inc. won an auction for the assets of Aeropostale Inc., with a plan to keep open 229 of...

Unfulfilled promises for borrowers

May 23, 2019 at 2:23 p.m.

A year ago, a $25 billion settlement ordered banks to do a better job helping troubled homeowners, and to end the stories of borrowers trapped in a confusing web of...

Credit unions push to ease small-business lending cap

December 24, 2018 at 7:05 a.m.

— When the time came late last year for David Settle to refinance a loan on his heating and air conditioning company's building, he had an exuberant suitor: Truliant Federal...

Small-business loans on rise

December 24, 2018 at 7:12 a.m.

— The Pue family business lives by its line of credit. Air compressors need to be bought and sold, stacks of metal wires and springs restocked, and bulky machinery delivered...

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