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Business Briefing | Companies: Polaroid Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Dec. 19, 2008
The Polaroid Corporation and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming allegations of fraud at its parent company.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch