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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Should this Russian be allowed to reopen stores after declaring bankruptcy & stiffing US companies and workers?

Take 2: Robertson Boulevard Shop Set to Reopen Today 18 Jun 2009 Not even bankruptcy can keep Kira Plastinina from her American dream -- the 17-year-old Russian designer, who infamously opened 12 US stores in quick succession last year, then closed them all seven months later, [burning all the US companies and workers by not paying them] is reopening two of her locations in LA. [

See Russian Venture Capitalist Costs Workers Jobs and Income During Economic Meltdown 10 Dec 2009 Russian billionaire Sergei A. Plastinin has served himself a self-styled economic bailout by leaving the US with unpaid bills owed to construction firms and workers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, says Robert Carlton of TRC, Inc. in Harmony, Pennsylvania.]

http://la.racked.com/archives/2009/06/18/kira_plas...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    She just lost some money?

    Wow!

    Usually it's a company that KILLS people which shuts down and reopens using a new name!

    "ValuJet was reborn as AirTran. Philip Morris rechristened itself Altria. Blackwater became Xe..."

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