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Hertz Global Holdings wants to keep its business in Europe solvent as it prepares for a possible bankruptcy filing in the US, The Post has learned. The struggling car-rental giant backed by billionaire Carl Icahn on Friday asked lenders to its European division, which represents about 20 percent of sales, to sign a waiver by …

Pier 1 Imports is calling it quits. The bankrupt home-goods retailer has asked a court for permission to liquidate its remaining 540 stores once they reopen, ending a 58-year legacy of selling colorful glassware, wicker furniture and other home decor. “This is not the outcome we expected or hoped to achieve,” Robert Riesbeck, Pier 1’s …

Foodgod isn’t worried about food while quarantining in Miami. Seemingly fed up with his own condo, Kim Kardashian’s BFF recently moved into a friend’s lavish mansion with his mom where he will spend the rest of the stay-at-home order. Foodgod, formally known as Jonathan Cheban, gave Page Six an exclusive look inside the home — …

The coronavirus has claimed some of SoftBank’s “unicorns” as casualties — and its billionaire CEO used a fantasy-driven slide presentation to illustrate the problem. The Japanese investment giant reported an $18 billion loss for its Vision Fund Monday after its buzzy “unicorn” tech startups like Uber and WeWork fell into what CEO Masayoshi Son called …

JCPenney plans to trim its store count by 29 percent, to about 604, as the US department store chain looks to focus on those more profitable, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, two days after it filed for bankruptcy protection. The stores to stay open accounted for 82 percent of the company’s fiscal 2019 sales, …

Billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma on on Monday resigned from SoftBank’s board in what is the latest departure by a high-profile ally of CEO Masayoshi Son. SoftBank didn’t give a reason for Ma’s resignation, but it came the same day that SoftBank’s giant Vision Fund reported a staggering $18 billion annual operating loss — the …

The private equity giant that rode Cirque du Soleil to the brink of bankruptcy now wants to share in the spoils, The Post has learned. Texas-based TPG Capital has positioned itself to make money from a highly anticipated Cirque du Soleil bankruptcy by turning itself into a lender in a last-minute maneuvering that has the …

Some big banks have received grand jury subpoenas as part of a federal investigation into possible fraud involving the $660 billion coronavirus emergency loan program for small businesses, according to a new report Saturday. Two sources told Reuters that the Justice Department had sent subpoenas to major banks, but did not name the institutions. JPMorgan …

JCPenney filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, the latest among traditional brick-and-mortar retailers to crumble as prolonged store closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic deliver the final blow to troubled businesses. The department store chain, known for selling family apparel, cosmetics and jewelry at roughly 850 locations, said it reached an agreement with creditors for …

JCPenney shares surged after the retailer said it has made a $17 million interest payment that was due May 7. The announcement eased fears that the struggling retailer is headed for a bankruptcy filing soon, sending its shares up nearly 30 percent in afternoon trading, to 25 cents. The once-mighty department store chain has been …