Linens retailer ironing out balance sheet

Courtesy Marketplace  Fri, 05/02/2008 - 15:27

Linens 'n Things is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The troubled home store blames the fall-out of the housing market for its decline.

But analysts say the company was too highly leveraged. Jill Barshay reports.


 

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