SunRocket Goes Out of Business, Leaving Customers in the Lurch
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SunRocket, an Internet phone provider, abruptly ceased operations Monday and is looking to sell its assets, after two rounds of layoffs and the departures of top executives.
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Citing unspecified business problems, Backfence, a site focused on delivering local news in specified markets, closes its doors.
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The death of the video recorder came a step closer today when the country&#39;s largest electrical chain said it is stopping selling them.
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The collapse of SunRocket, an Internet telephone company that went out of business without warning, raises questions about what responsibility such companies have to their customers.
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More than 200,000 customers of the internet company could lose telephone access and money paid in advance now that it has gone out of business.
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Bankrupt customer leaves powered equipment maker to choke on unpaid bills.
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Millions of bank customers have been left without money after cash machines broke down.
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The failure of a communications satellite has knocked out broadband services supplied by StarBand Communications, according to a statement posted on the company&#39;s Web site.
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The satellite-radio provider axes its viral marketing program.
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Things get ugly for Buy.com customers when rebates go missing.
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SunRocket was the brainchild of three telecommunications veterans looking to create an Internet phone service. Exactly three years later, the Vienna start-up is an orphan.
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Thousands of tourists who hoped to ride the city's famed red-and-tan cable cars were left disappointed after a frayed cable line prompted a shutdown of one of the system's most popular routes.
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Disastrous service can turn off customers and investors.
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Sportswear retailer suffers another damaging blow.
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When 2012 hits, stores will no longer be able to sell the cheap but inefficient incandescent light bulbs that are fixtures in most homes.
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Traditional high-energy lightbulb will be taken off the shelves under a government scheme.
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It's a funny business that shuts the doors when customers eager to hand over $179 are still lined up around the block.