Can you name the largest U.S. public company bankruptcy filings
(1980 - Present)?

Date	Company	Type
9/15/08		Investment Bank
9/26/08		Savings & Loan Holding Co.
7/21/02		Telecommunications
6/1/09		Car Manufacturer
12/2/01		Energy Trading, Natural Gas
12/17/02		Financial Services Holding Co.
4/30/09		Car Manufacturer
5/1/09		Residential Mortgage Lending Company
4/6/01		Electricity & Natural Gas
4/12/87		Petroleum & Petrochemicals
9/9/88		Financial Services & Savings and Loans
10/17/05		Brokerage Services
7/31/08		Bank Holding Company
1/28/02		Telecommunications Carrier

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Bankruptcy Filings Quiz

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Published: June 3rd, 2009
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Tags: Company Quizzes, 1980, largest, type, present, bankruptcy, filing, public, date

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	Tchaikovsky08:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:21 GMT	14 points
	2008, 2008, 2008, 2009, 2009, 2009 ... depressing

	Cheeseknight:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	-2 points
	Circuit City?

	DirtyKash:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:36 GMT	0 points
	R.I.P. GM

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	kmzh:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:38 GMT	5 points
	Circuit City was small fish compared to these.

	kmzh:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:38 GMT	12 points
	@GeoExpert Iceland is a U.S. company?

	Chuck:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:41 GMT	2 points
	Somehow I think Texaco recovered. With their billions in profits, I hope they at least paid the $$$ back.

	oldkent:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:55 GMT	3 points
	great time for this quiz may i a add

	capncokenojoke:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 04:56 GMT	-1 points
	i was broke on this quiz

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	bean:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 05:16 GMT	14 points
	I wouldn't mind having them put in chronological order

	fatbeard:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	0 points
	this is so sad...

	alexielrieth:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 05:43 GMT	0 points
	Really shows you the state of our economy with all but 2 being this decade, and 6 being in the last 2 years.

	leob:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 06:00 GMT	3 points
	PGE should be accepted for Pacific Gas and Electric.

	JoeGrzzly:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 GMT	-3 points
	That's a bit of dark humor that Chrysler and GM are most guessed. Are there any talks of Ford joining this list?

	procrstinologist:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 GMT	-1 points
	I agree with bean- it would be more organized if it were in chronological order

	wolverine:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 14:18 GMT	1 point
	I believe the list is sorted from largest bankruptcy to smallest. On quizzes that use terms like largest and smallest, it makes sense they are ordered as such, not alphabetically.

	GeoExpert:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 15:38 GMT	-3 points
	I apologize. I did not realize it said "U.S. Public Companies" at the top. My bad.

	Jack:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 16:17 GMT	2 points
	Surprised to see that they didn't include any airlines

	Skydog:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 17:21 GMT	0 points
	Very Sad Seeing All These Shut Down, But hey that's what happens in a competitive world. :)

	eln77:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 17:21 GMT	1 point
	Remember the good old days, when we were all shocked that a huge company like Enron could fold in a cloud of mismanagement and scandal? Enron is positively quaint compared to the giants that have fallen since.

	micah:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 20:23 GMT	1 point
	@Jack: Me too. If you follow the link, apparently the highest-listed airline bankruptcy is United, in 20th place.

	guyleguy:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 20:31 GMT	0 points
	alexielrieth: "GM, don't believe in yourself! Believe in the me that believes in you!"

	danzam:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	1 point
	surprised K-Mart wasn't on the list.

	aweis:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 21:33 GMT	1 point
	what about bear sterns? "one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms prior to its sudden collapse and distress sale to JPMorgan Chase in March 2008" according to wikipedia. Since they sold it, does it not count? I just remember it being in the news every day a couple months ago.

	the99:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 01:24 GMT	0 points
	Really fun quiz to take. 8/10

	Hope:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 02:22 GMT	3 points
	I doubt Ford will join this list. It seems they are doing okay. They are doing their best to stay out of the problems GM and Chrysler had.

	Sockmonkey:	Jun 5th, 2009 at 21:00 GMT	1 point
	aweis - yes, Bear was sold without going through bankruptcy.

	JoeGrzzly:	Jun 6th, 2009 at 01:20 GMT	0 points
	Ironic that a Financial Services & Savings and Loans business filed for bankruptcy.

	icing:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 04:19 GMT	1 point
	Hey this is interesting ... this list corresponds almost exactly to "Companies Whose CEOs (and executive management) Should Rot in Prison"!

	UnitedRoadRed:	Aug 19th, 2011 at 12:25 GMT	1 point
	CIT Group filled for bankruptcy 1st November 2009 - around the $65m mark I think

	Ducksrule16:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 01:54 GMT	0 points
	Where's Solyndra?

Can you name the largest U.S. public company bankruptcy filings (1980 - Present)?

Bankruptcy Filings Quiz

Can you name the largest U.S. public company bankruptcy filings
(1980 - Present)?