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1. Coles_Law says:
   June 1, 2009 at 1:42 pm

   Of the 10, only one (Texaco @ No. 10) did not occur in the past decade. I’d like to see inflation adjusted numbers, but I doubt it would make a huge difference.

   On an unrelated side note, I very much dislike the slideshow format a select group of website designers insist on using.

   • Trai_Dep says:
     June 1, 2009 at 5:17 pm

     @Coles_Law: Solely to increase pageviews, annoyingly.
     It is funny how 90% of them happened the last decade. I guess running a government policy based on giving mega-corps whatever the hell they want with little oversight is actually bad for business over the long haul, when all is said and done.
2. missdona says:
   June 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm

   We should really do these family-feud style.

   Show me Lehman!

   • gStein_*|bringing starpipe back|* says:
     June 1, 2009 at 5:06 pm

     @missdona: without viewing, i’ll guess…
     Enron
     Worldcom
     K-mart
     uh…
     Linens and things
     Circuit City

     and i can’t think of any more reasonably large bankruptcies.

     • gStein_*|bringing starpipe back|* says:
       June 1, 2009 at 5:09 pm

       @gStein: oh right, all of those banks… and GM/chrysler…

       ok, i got 2. and i didn’t know that Texaco had declared bankruptcy back in ’87 (in my defense, i was 2 months old at the time)