Thursday, January 15, 2009

Gottschalks Files for Chapter Eleven

Gottschalks has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and they’ve put the company up for sale.

Gottschalks was hoping for a $30 million investment from Everbright Overseas Securities Ltd. But the deal fell through because Gottschalks’ lender reduced the company’s available credit.

Let’s see now, we (the taxpayers) just gave $700 billion of OUR money to the banking industry, for the explicit purpose of loosening up credit and stimulating the economy. Where did I read that? I must have misunderstood.

There’s one ray of hope for the Port Angeles Gottschalks: It’s supposed to be the highest producer per square foot of all the Gottschalks locations in Washington.

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