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First Brands to Sell 12 Brands Including Autolite for $25M

Bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group agreed to sell some of its most-recognizable brands for $25 million after losing rescue funding and major customers. PGI Northstar will also take on ...
USA Today

What’s the furthest a First Four team has gone in NCAA Tournament?

Over the next few weeks, 68 different Division I men's college basketball teams will go head-to-head in March Madness at different venues and arenas around the country in the hopes of winning a ...
The Atlantic

First Jobs Matter More Than We Think

When Jack Waxman, a government major at Cornell, was a senior, he faced a choice. He could pursue a job in Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, where he had interned the previous summer. Or he could commit ...
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First Brands Flails as Customers Don’t Know Who to Pay

As First Brands Group makes its way through bankruptcy court, the auto parts supplier is bumping up against an unexpected snafu: Its customers don’t seem to know who to pay. As the extent of First ...
Everyday Health

Cuts, Scrapes, or Sprains? These Are the 9 Best First Aid Kits to Keep at Home and On the Go

Everyday Health independently vets all recommended products. If you purchase a featured product, we may be compensated. Learn why you can trust us. Everyday Health independently vets all recommended ...
The Economist

First Brands is a painful but necessary warning for Wall Street

In court the firm’s lawyer described it as tremendous. That may have been true once, but today First Brands is a disaster. On October 13th Patrick James, its chief executive, resigned; America’s ...
Variety

Uwe Boll Returns With Parts 2 and 3 of Paramount+ Hit ‘First Shift,’ Eyes Possible Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Uwe Boll has wrapped principal photography on the second and third installments of his hit cop movie “First Shift” in New York City while aiming for a possible series based on the franchise. The 2024 ...
Business Wire

First Brands Group Announces Leadership Transition

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Brands Group, LLC (“First Brands” or the “Company”), a leading global supplier of aftermarket automotive parts, today announced that Charles Moore has ...
The New York Times

First Brands’ C.E.O. Steps Down, While Its Accounting Is Questioned

The auto-part maker’s bankruptcy has rocked Wall Street and revealed trouble in the private credit markets. By Ryan Mac The embattled chief executive of First Brands, an American auto-parts maker that ...
Morningstar

The Funds Most Affected by First Brands’ Bankruptcy and What Investors Can Learn From Them

The impact of First Brands Group’s Oct. 5, 2025, bankruptcy filing will continue to ripple across the financial ecosystem, but one lesson for fund investors is immediately clear: Position sizing ...
Reuters

First Brands files for bankruptcy, revealing billions of dollars in liabilities

NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - U.S. auto parts maker First Brands filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after disclosing liabilities exceeding $10 billion, marking the collapse of a company whose ...
USA Today

First Watch plans for dozens of new restaurants in 2025. Here's where.

First Watch operates more than 580 restaurants in 31 states, and that number is expected to grow in 2025. The company said on its 2025 first quarter earnings call on May 6 it had opened 13 restaurants ...