Bird Global files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just two years after SPAC IPO

seekingalpha2023-12-20

Bird Global (OTC:BRDS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to undergo restructuring to strengthen its balance sheet, just two years after the electric scooter rental company went public ...

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