Commercial bankruptcy proceedings begun recently in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (a Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a liquidation of the company to pay debts):

• Company/firm: Brian Louis Chalfant, formerly doing business as Chalfant Flooring. Address: 216 Rockaway Ave., Cincinnati, 45233. Chapter: 7. Assets: $90,290. Debts: $292,813.45.