This list will continuously be updated. We will try to add all companies that have filed for bankruptcy throughout 2008. The list will be company first then industry and will be in alphabetical order.
THE LIST
AIG – Insurance (Received government bailout)
Aloha Airlines – Airline (Closed)
American Color Graphics – Newspaper
Ascendia Brands – Retail
ATA – Airline (Closed)
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation – Holding Company
Bear Stearns – Banking (Acquired by JP Morgan Chase)
Bill Heard Enterprises – Automotive / Dealer (Closed)
Bluepoint RE – Insurance
Blue Water Holdings – Automotive
Boscov’s – Retail (Acquired by co-founders after bankruptcy filing)
Brooke Corporation – Insurance
Buffets Holdings – Restaurants
Ciena Capital – Real Estate
Comfort Co. – Bedding
Dynamis Leisure – Travel
Education Resource Institute – Insurance
Empire Land – Real Estate
EOS Airlines – Airline
Equity Media Holdings Corporation – Media
EZ Lube, LLC – Automotive (Service)
Fashion House Holdings – Retail
First Georgia Community Bank – Banking
Furtunoff – Retail
Friedman’s Jewelers – Retail
Fed Leighton Holdings – Retail
Fremont General – Banking
Frontier Airlines – Airline
Gainey Corporation – Trucking
Gemini Air Cargo – Air Delivery / Freight
Goody’s – Retail
Greatwide Logistics – Trucking
Greektown Holdings – Casino
Hospital Partners of America – Healthcare
HRP Myrtly Beach Holdings – Entertainment
Indymac – Banking (In receivership of FDIC)
Integra Hospital Plano, LLC – Healthcare
Integrity Bancshares, Inc – Banking
JHT Holdings – Trucking / Transportation
Laketown Wharf – Real Estate
Land Resource, LLC – Real Estate
Landsource – Real Estate
Legends Gaming – Casino
Lehman Brothers – Banking
Lillian Vernon – Retail
Linens n’ Things – Retail
Luminent Mortgage Capital – Banking
KB Toys – Retail
Kimball Hill – Real Estate
Landsource Community Development – Real Estate
Matrix Development Corporation – Real Estate
Mervyn’s – Retail
Molecular Imaging Corporation -
Mortgages Ltd – Banking
Motorcoach Industries International – Transportation
MPF Corp – Transportation
Mrs Fields Famous Brands – Food Services
PFF Bancorp, Inc – Banking
Pierre Foods – Food Service
Polaroid – Electonics
Pope & Talbot, Inc – Pulp / Wood Products
PRC LLC – Business Services Consulting
Propext – Textiles
Quebecor World USA Inc – Office Services / Printing
Red Envelope – Retail
Sharper Image – Retail
Silverjet Airlines – Airline
Sirva – Moving Services
Skybus – Airline
STA Restaurants (Bennigans) – Restaurants
Steakhouse Partners – Restaurants
Steve and Barry’s – Retail
Syntax Brillian (Olevia) – Electronics
Taro Properties – Real Estate
Tribune Company – Media
Tropicana – Casino
Vail Plaza Development – Real Estate
Value City Department Stores – Retail
VeraSun Energy – Alertative Energy
Vicorp – Restaurants
Washington Mutual – Banking
WCI – Real Estate
Whitehall Jewelers – Jewelry
Wickes Furniture – Retail
Woodside Group – Real Estate
WorldSpace, Inc – Satellite Broadcasting
Ziff Davis – Media
