Happy Monday! 50 big name bankruptcies

I’ve got the Monday’s. What better way to celebrate than troll the bankruptcies. Did you know that Rembrandt lost it all in 1656 and so did Mark Twain in 1894 ?

Here is a list of the major brands that went under during the Great Recession (2008-11).

Of note, many of these companies are still alive, emerging from bankruptcy, or bought by another company.

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Phoenix Coyotes
3. Texas Rangers
4. Michael Vick
5. Bill Buckner
6. Lenny Dykstra
7. Stephen Baldwin
8. Sinbad
9. Trump Entertainment Resorts
10. National Enquirer
11. MGM Studios
12. Round Table Pizza
13. Yellow Pages
14. Tropicana Casinos
15. Sbarro’s
16. Philadelphia Orchestra
17. The Octuplet Family
18. Active Ride Shop
19. Air America Radio
20. Six Flags
21. Filene’s Basement
22. Fatburger
23. Samsonite
24. The Walking Company
25. Borders
26. Hollywood Video
27. Circuit City
28. Washington Mutual
29. Black Angus
30. Hometown Buffet
31. Mrs. Fields
32. Ritz Camera
33. Nortel
34. Claim Jumper
35. Loehmann’s
36. Big 10 Tires
37. Z Gallerie
38. KB Toys
39. Midway Video Games
40. Anchor Blue
41. Eddie Bauer
42. Crabtree & Evelyn
43. Golfer’s Wharehouse
44. Ziff Davis
45. Tribune Company
46. Sharper Image
47. Mervyns
48. Madoff Investment Securities
49. Linens ‘n Things
50. Levitz Furniture
51. Countrywide Financial
52. Bearing Point
53. Fuddruckers
54. Marie Callender’s