A total of 903 bankruptcy cases were submitted in Puerto Rico last month, with Chapter 13 — those applicable to individuals — leading the filings that resulted in a 3 percent year-over-year increase in activity, preliminary results released by research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico showed Thursday.
Bankruptcy cases filed in Puerto Rico for the month of June were down 9 percent when compared to the same month last year, a preliminary tally from Boletín de Puerto Rico released Tuesday showed.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico received more than 1,000 petitions in May, when filings were up 0.7 percent in comparison to the same month in 2013, according to information provided Monday by local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico.
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