heres some businesses that folded this year (just to name a few):
Bombay Co.
Lehman Brothers
Bear Stearns
Aloha Airlines
Skybus
ATA
Champion Air
Linens 'N Things
Apparel chain Steve & Barry's
Specialty retailer Sharper Image Corp
KB Toys
department store chain Mervyns
British retailer Woolworths Group PLC
Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-biggest electronics retailer, is closing more than 150 stores and laying off thousands of employees as
it keeps operating and attempts to restructure under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
seattlepi.nwsource.com...
Heres some that may in 2009 -
Newspapers -
www.washingtonpost.com...
General Growth Properties -
www.bizjournals.com...
25% of retailers -
blog.shoeboxed.com...
Chemical Giant Mulls Bankruptcy -
online.wsj.com...
this list goes on and on...