Bankruptcy

The company collapsed - then sold its employees' messages to Google for $10 Million

Bankrupt Spirit Airlines sold millions of employee messages and internal files to Google for $10M, providing real-world data for AI training.

Google.
General view of the Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on August 2, 2026.

Lahav 433 questions figure close to senior Likud circles over alleged concealment of assets

Opening of Ofer Mall in Petah Tikva, November 22, 2020

Fashion chains Onot and Jump file urgent application for stay of proceedings

(Illustrative) Israeli youth from frontline communities take a break at an American summer camp.

How New York’s ‘summer camp kings’ left Israeli investors burned


Conserving your cash: More tips

“You can make a very good meal from an egg,” a friend told me, a comment that has stayed with me to this day.


Israel central bank to hold key rate despite strong shekel - Reuters poll

The Bank of Israel foresees growth of 1% to 6.5% in 2021.

The Bank of Israel building is seen in Jerusalem June 16, 2020.

El Al reveals Q3 figures: $147m losses, $125m deficit, no progress on state loan

The Israeli airline reports a drop of 94% in earnings since July • future of air travel remains uncertain, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA files for bankruptcy

El Al plane

Hertz files for US bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate

With nearly $19 billion of debt and roughly 38,000 employees worldwide as of the end of 2019, Hertz is among the largest companies to be undone by the pandemic.

A HERTZ RENTAL car sign is placed outside a rental lot near Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Michigan

J.C. Penney to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week

A bankruptcy filing would cap a long decline for the iconic 118-year-old department store chain, which struggled with a nearly $4-billion debt load.

A JC Penney store is shown in Oceanside, California, U.S., July 31, 2019. Picture taken July 31, 2019

Tel Aviv police shut down tent protest by self-employed workers

The protest was put up throughout the weekend by the employees whose businesses collapsed financially because of the coronavirus restrictions.

Police shut down a Tel Aviv tent protest by self-employed workers about unfair conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Top ex-gov’t bankruptcy official tells Jpost how to save the economy

A combination of government support, encouraging negotiated solutions to financial dead-ends and pushing Israel’s bankruptcy laws closer to the US model may all be needed

An electronic board displaying market data is seen at the entrance of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in Tel Aviv, Israel

National Museum of American Jewish History files for bankruptcy

Despite the bankruptcy protection filing, the museum will continue to operate as normal, and while there will be reorganization, there will not be any layoffs.

The National Museum of American Jewish History.

Barney’s stores to be sold off in pieces after nearly century in business

Barney Pressman, whose father owned a clothing store, opened his first department store in Manhattan in 1923.

Barneys New York sign is seen in a display window outside the luxury department store

Mideast tourism hit by collapse of British holiday firm, UAE unaffected

Worldwide about 600,000 tourists have been stranded by the collapse.