There could soon be fewer places to grab an app or order a stack of pancakes: Dine Equity, the company behind Applebee’s and IHOP, will close up to 160 locations of the chain restaurants this year in an attempt to trim costs and boost sales. [More]
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Students Claim For-Profit College Operator Deliberately Let Their School Fail
Former students at one for-profit college allege that the school’s parent company, Laureate Education, committed fraud by deliberately allowing their college to fail and close down. [More]
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Family Christian Closing All 240 Stores
After 85 years in business, Family Christian is closing for good, shutting down all 240 of its retail stores. [More]
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American Apparel To Liquidate Nine Stores Ahead Of January Auction
Two weeks after American Apparel confirmed it could lay off 3,500 workers as part of its second bankruptcy go-around in two years, the company received approval to liquidate nine stores by the end of the month. [More]
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ITT’s Parent Company Ceases Operations, Taking Daniel Webster College With It
A week after ITT Educational Services closed all 130 of its ITT Technical Institute campuses, the for-profit college education announced it would cease what’s left of its operations Friday, including closing its other beleaguered for-profit education entity, Daniel Webster College in New Hampshire. [More]
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For-Profit Brown Mackie College Ceasing Enrollment, Phasing Out Most Locations
The nation’s second largest for-profit educator, Education Management Corporation – the operator of chains like Brown Mackie College, Argosy University and the Art Institutes – will stop enrolling students at most of its Brown Mackie locations while “teaching out” the students that remain. [More]
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Bob Evans Restaurant To Close 27 Locations
If you’ve got a hankering for some Bob Evans food today, make sure to call first. The family restaurant chain closed nearly two dozen locations over the weekend, with more to come. [More]