Rite Aid's $355 Million Bankruptcy Bill Ends in Repeat Chapter 11
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Pharmacy chain Rite Aid racked up $355 million in fees to sort out its finances after it emerged from bankruptcy last September. Nine months later it has fallen back into Chapter 11.
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