&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/bankruptcy%20web*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;A total of 217 Wake County individuals and businesses filed for bankruptcy last month in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 2 percent fewer than in September 2010.

The filings included 88 under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which allows debtors to discharge virtually all of their debt and requires businesses to liquidate their assets to pay creditors. It also included two filings under Chapter 11, typically used by companies to stay in business while delaying and reducing their debt obligations...&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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