Bird files for bankruptcy. The electric scooter maker was once valued at $2.5 billion.
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Electric scooter maker Bird Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, a remarkable descent for a company once valued at $2.5 billion.
The Miami-based company filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Bird has a restructuring accord in place with creditors, which includes selling assets in bankruptcy, it said Wednesday in a statement.
Apollo Global Management and second-lien lenders are providing $25 million in financing to help Bird continue to operate during its restructuring.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals.
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