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<description>Understand business. Better. Every morning in a few minutes: the companies showing the warning signs before a fall, what filed and what moved, and Max Noble&#x27;s column on the leaders who broke a promise, with what to do on Monday. Weekends: The Weekend Story, the story of how a giant fell. Every fact sourced on maxnoble.com. Narrated by an AI voice, labelled as such; the verdicts are Max Noble&#x27;s own. His opinion on businesses, never investment advice.</description><itunes:summary>Understand business. Better. Every morning in a few minutes: the companies showing the warning signs before a fall, what filed and what moved, and Max Noble&#x27;s column on the leaders who broke a promise, with what to do on Monday. Weekends: The Weekend Story, the story of how a giant fell. Every fact sourced on maxnoble.com. Narrated by an AI voice, labelled as such; the verdicts are Max Noble&#x27;s own. His opinion on businesses, never investment advice.</itunes:summary>
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<item><title>The week · 30 October: Poundland and 5 more</title><description>A notice to appoint administrators has been filed for Poundland, giving it ten working days to find a deal, while Paris’s BHV Marais waits for a court to rule. Breaking: Poundland · Breaking: BHV Marais · Thames Water 75→80/100 · Update: Casas Bahia · Update: Mercer International · The story: Poundland. Sources: maxnoble.com/warning. AI narration.</description><enclosure url="https://maxnoble.com/podcast/episodes/2026-10-30.mp3" length="11303332" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid isPermaLink="false">maxnoble-bankrupt-2026-10-30</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:20:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>706</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><link>https://maxnoble.com/warning</link></item>
<item><title>29 October: BHV Marais and 2 more</title><description>Poundland’s directors are reported to be preparing to appoint administrators after its owner rejected the only bid for the whole chain, and Paris’s BHV Marais has asked a court for a rescue. Breaking: BHV Marais · Thames Water 75→80/100 · The story: Poundland. Sources: maxnoble.com/warning. AI narration.</description><enclosure url="https://maxnoble.com/podcast/episodes/2026-10-29.mp3" length="5672586" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid isPermaLink="false">maxnoble-bankrupt-2026-10-29</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:20:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>354</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><link>https://maxnoble.com/warning</link></item>
<item><title>27 October: sonnen and 1 more</title><description>sonnen, the German home-battery maker Shell sold in August, joins the list after filing an insolvency application, and South Africa’s Tongaat Hulett leaves the Johannesburg exchange on 3 November. Update: JetBlue · The story: sonnen. Sources: maxnoble.com/warning. AI narration.</description><enclosure url="https://maxnoble.com/podcast/episodes/2026-10-27.mp3" length="4964145" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid isPermaLink="false">maxnoble-bankrupt-2026-10-27</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 05:20:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>310</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><link>https://maxnoble.com/warning</link></item>
<item><title>26 October: GiFi and 3 more</title><description>GiFi’s new boss stood before the Toulouse court on Friday, with a ruling due on 3 November, and a São Paulo court has backed a debt deal for Ri Happy, Brazil’s toy chain. Update: Galeria · Update: Homeplus · Update: Mercer International · The story: GiFi. Sources: maxnoble.com/warning. AI narration.</description><enclosure url="https://maxnoble.com/podcast/episodes/2026-10-26.mp3" length="6257311" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid isPermaLink="false">maxnoble-bankrupt-2026-10-26</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:20:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>391</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><link>https://maxnoble.com/warning</link></item>
<item><title>25 October: sonnen and 2 more</title><description>A group of JetBlue’s lenders has hired its own advisers, Bloomberg reports, and GiFi, the French bazaar chain, has asked a court for a rescue. Breaking: sonnen GmbH · Update: Mercer International · The story: JetBlue. Sources: maxnoble.com/warning. AI narration.</description><enclosure url="https://maxnoble.com/podcast/episodes/2026-10-25.mp3" length="5736951" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid isPermaLink="false">maxnoble-bankrupt-2026-10-25</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:20:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>358</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><link>https://maxnoble.com/warning</link></item>
<item><title>24 October: sonnen and 3 more</title><description>Hain Celestial, the owner of Sleepytime tea, has $549.8m of bank loans due on 22 December, and the sale meant to pay part of them is stuck. Breaking: sonnen GmbH · Update: Mercer International · Update: Thames Water · The story: Hain Celestial. Sources: maxnoble.com/warning. AI narration.</description><enclosure url="https://maxnoble.com/podcast/episodes/2026-10-24.mp3" length="5373327" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid isPermaLink="false">maxnoble-bankrupt-2026-10-24</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:20:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:duration>336</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><link>https://maxnoble.com/warning</link></item>
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