The Dead Pool: The 283 Corporations Moody's Sees Going Belly Up

The list is full of names: many known and many unknown; many smaller and many larger; and many that have been business for decades and others that have in existence for a much more brief period of time. Moody's list include 283; it is strongly likely at least 50 - 75 additional ones, some that are rather well known, will also join this list in the coming months as the economic collapse increasingly worsens and grows, gobbling up other corporations once thought to be invincible and timeless.

Among the names most recognizable are:

Arby's-Wendy's
Barneys of New York
Brookstone
Burlington Coat Factory
Carmike Cinemas
Charter cable TV Communications
Chrysler
Citadel Broadcasting
Clearwire Communications
Cooper Tire
Dole Foods
Dollar-Thrifty vehicle rentals
Eastman Kodak
Eddie Bauer
Ford
Frontier Drilling
Global Crossing
Golden Nugget (casino)
Hollywood Video
Jet Blue
Krispy Kreme
Landry's (owns Downtown Denver Aquarium)
Media News Group (owner of Denver Post)
Michael's (retail stores)
Orbitz
Reader's Digest
Rite Aid
Sbarro (mall restaurants)
Serius XM
Swift transportation
Tenneco
Tribune Broadcasting and Publishing
Trump Entertainment/Development
Unisys
US Airways

Some of these will survive bankruptcy and re-emerge; others will simply disappear in short order. Quite a few of those list are significant media companies with operations in Colorado and Wyoming.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/moodys-bottom-rung-list-o_n_173378.html

http://coloradoindependent.com/23838/moodys-flags-owners-of-denver-post-17-colorado-media-outlets-as-default-risks

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