If these things are worth zero, this one bank declares bankruptcy, and it just gets resolved in the bankruptcy process.

I can't raise that kind of money, and you know it.

Bankrupt.

We're broke.

And all these big banks and Fannie Mae and....

Well Mr. Duck, that's it, we've just plain run out of jobs. I'm busted.

Mr. Hurst, I'm quite undone!

I appreciate that, Maynard, very much.

I was broke.

They're broke.

Alas! We are ruined.

He is bankrupt.

And this is what happened to Lehman Brothers.

And once again, this is a non liquid loan.

Then liquidate. Liquidate?

Well, maybe I just Like peace and quiet.

Starting over.

The company went bankrupt.

Because you're not a viable entity anymore.

We are carrying extra weight!

Starting over?

I succeed to a fortune.

Broke. Bankrupt. Chapter 11 .

He was going to file for bankruptcy.

And what happens in bankruptcy?

You overcompensate.

They don't care if we go under, as long as their dressmakers are busy and dinner's served on time.

An inexperienced stock speculator could easily let his business go to pot and lose his entire fortune.

Sorry, my hands shuddered with the cold was a bit over the top.

It is rumored that he gone bankrupt.

We're as good as ruined.

He went bankrupt because of gambling debts.

So we said screw it, declared bankruptcy.

But what I get is essentially all of the new shares of the company.

My father's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Four dollars.

I don't want your last dime.

I mean, the economy's in the toilet. We all know that.

And there are inheritance laws!

Because they're like, I don't know what my assets are worth.

But you lose that contract for a major brand name, that's the difference between staying in business or going bankrupt.

He took off his overcoat.

You'll overshoot.

So anyway, what happens in Chapter 11?

He was broken by the failure of his business.