What companies have shut down or been bankrupted by the crisis?

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited October 2008 in A Moving Train
is there a list of companies that have ceased to exist or are seriously in danger currently?
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    radiohead33 wrote:
    is there a list of companies that have ceased to exist or are seriously in danger currently?

    For banks, Roland showed me this one once upon a time:
    bankimplode.com,
    and i just love it.

    As far as general lists,
    i don't think you will find one.
    That is a pretty hard statistic to even measure, much less track.
    I mean, how do you even know it was "caused" by the credit crisis?
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    radiohead33 wrote:
    is there a list of companies that have ceased to exist or are seriously in danger currently?

    Lehman Brothers - went Bankrupt
    Bear Sterns - bought out by Bank of America
    Washington Mutual - taken over by the FDIC then had it's assets taken over by JP Morgan Chase
    Countrywide Financial - bought out by Bank of America
    Wachovia - will be the next to go. Buy out by either Citigroup or Wells Fargo
    Meryll Lynch - bought out by JP Morgan Chase

    These are some of the big ones but all in all I believe something like 11 banks have failed and there are about 100 on the FDIC's endangered list.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    mammasan wrote:
    Lehman Brothers - went Bankrupt
    Bear Sterns - bought out by Bank of America
    Washington Mutual - taken over by the FDIC then had it's assets taken over by JP Morgan Chase
    Countrywide Financial - bought out by Bank of America
    Wachovia - will be the next to go. Buy out by either Citigroup or Wells Fargo
    Meryll Lynch - bought out by JP Morgan Chase

    These are some of the big ones but all in all I believe something like 11 banks have failed and there are about 100 on the FDIC's endangered list.
    bankimplode.com

    ;)
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    If I opened it now would you not understand?

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