China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy (www.cnn.com)
China’s Evergrande Group — once the country’s second-largest property developer — filed for bankruptcy in New York on Thursday.
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China’s Evergrande Group — once the country’s second-largest property developer — filed for bankruptcy in New York on Thursday.
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