Greenolive --
I'm going to answer this question in a fashion that's backwards from a
typical Google Answer: by describing the search strategy first (rather
than at the end). The reason for this is that by doing so, it would
allow you to acquire an extensive list of major bankruptcy filings
since 1985 for free.
Using the following terms will turn up excellent resources in the top 20 pages:
Google search strategy:
Bankruptcy Data Reporter
Bankruptcy U.S. emergence
BankruptcyData.com
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MAJOR RETAIL BANKRUPTCIES
For example, if you want to look at major retailers involved in
bankruptcy actions, here's a list from BankruptcyAction.com showing
the date that they ENTERED bankruptcy proceedings. The dates that
they entered Chapter 11 proceedings are indicated below; by crossing
the list with the excellent Hoover's Online pages at
hhtp:///www.hoovers.com we can quickly see which ones are public and
their trading symbols (on the 2nd line):
Kmart 1/22/2002
Emerged May, 2003
Federated Department Stores 1/15/1990
NYSE: FD
Montgomery Ward Holding Corp. 7/7/1997
Now Montgomery Ward LLC
Macy (R.H.) & Co. Inc. 1/27/1992
Subsidiary of Federated Department Stores
Allied Stores Corp. 1/15/1990
No data
Southland Corp. 10/24/1990
Now 7-Eleven Corp., NYSE: SE
The Circle K Corp. 5/15/1990
Private.
Carter Hawley Hale Stores 2/11/1991
No data.
Ames Department Stores Inc. 1990 and 2001
Private.
Revco D.S. Inc. 7/28/1988
Private.
BankruptcyAction.com
"Bankruptcy Statistics"
http://www.bankruptcyaction.com/USbankstats.htm
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BANKRUPTCYDATA.COM
Note that there are some excellent resources outside the Internet,
including New Generation Research's annual "Bankruptcy Yearbook &
Almanac," which you can order or which may be available at a good
business school library near you. Note that the research company's
pages are an excellent source of up-to-date news on bankruptcy
actions:
New Generation Research
"2003 Bankruptcy Yearbook & Almanac" ($99)
http://www.bankruptcydata.com/yb03toc.pdf
However, you can acquire a VERY complete list of major bankruptcies
from the website of BankruptcyData.com by using their search
capability -- and searching each company by first letter of their
name. For example, below is the search for companies starting with
the letter "A," starting with major bankruptcies back to 1985:
http://www.bankruptcydata.com/brdsSelectByAlpha.asp?Task=Retrieve&FL=A
Just change the last letter in the search string and you can get a
list for each letter in the alphabet. Here's M. Searching this way
allows you to quickly find MAJOR firms that have emerged from some
kind of bankruptcy action in the past 14 years:
http://www.bankruptcydata.com/brdsSelectByAlpha.asp?Task=Retrieve&FL=M
Again, using Hoover's data we add to the list:
Alexander's 5/15/1992
NYSE: ALX
America West Airlines 6/27/1991
NYSE: AWA
American Banknote Corp. 12/8/1999
OTC: ABNT
Anacomp 1996 and 2001
OTC: ANCPA
Anchor Glass Container 1996 and 2001
OTC: AGCC
Arch Wireless 12/6/2001
NASDAQ: AWIN
Atlas Minerals 9/22/1998
OTC: ATMR
AutoInfo, Inc. 2/2/2000
OTC: AUTO
Automata International 6/23/2000
Now DDi Corp. (Dynamic Details), NASDAQ: DDIC
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Cherokee Inc. 1992 and 1994
NASDAQ: CHKE
Chiquita Brands 11/28/2001
NYSE: CQB
Chyron Corp. 9/17/1990
OTC: CYRO
Comdisco Holding 7/16/2001
OTC: CDCO
Continental Airlines 12/31/1990
NYSE: CAL
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Hexcel Corp. 12/6/1993
NYSE: HXL
Hvide Marine 9/9/1999
Now Seabulk International, NASDAQ: SBLK
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Imperial Sugar 1/16/2001
NASDAQ: IPSU
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MAI Systems Corp. 4/12/1993
OTC: MAIY
Merisel 3/4/1996
NASDAQ: MSEL
Metrocall 6/3/2002
NASDAQ: MTOH
Morrison Knudsen 6/25/1996
Now Washington Group International, NASDAQ: WGII
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National Energy Group 12/4/1998
OTC: NEGXQ
Newcor, Inc. 2/25/2002
OTC: NECRQ
NU Pizza Company 2/4/2000
OTC: NUPZ
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Santa Fe Gaming 1/14/1999
Now Archon Corporation, OTC: ARHN
Siliconix, Inc. 4/10/1990
NASDAQ: SILI
Singer NV 9/12/1999
OTC: SNGR
Sizzler International 6/3/1996
Now Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, NYSE: SZ
Solitron Devices 1/24/1992
OTC: SODI
Sun Healthcare Group 10/14/1999
OTC: SUHG
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Todd Shipyards 8/17/1987
NYSE: TOD
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Warnaco Group 6/11/2001
NASDAQ: WRNC
Westmoreland Coal 1994 and 1996
AMEX: WLB
Wheeling Pittsburgh 1985 and 2000
NASDAQ: WPSC
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA |
