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laid off 2,500 workers. In the bankruptcy proceedings PMCI listed assets of $ 290 million and liabilities of $ 441 million. PMCI emerged from bankruptcy at the end of
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Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, and Minnesota. Later that month, Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. PMCI closed 65 restaurants and
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