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Say Good-Bye: The Companies That May Leave Us Include Anti-Israel Owned Clothing Outlet
Debbie Schlussel — ... Yahoo business analyst Rick Newman posted predictions of 15 major companies he believes may go out of business in 2009. The 15 companies are: ...

The Day the Pizza Died
Hit & Run — Some grim prognosticatians of doom for companies and brands both beloved and obscure, via Yahoo! Finance. Studying stock drops and debt problems, the authors declare dusty doom for, among others (and in rough order of how my life would be lessened by their passing), Rite Aid, Sirius Satellite Radio, the Dollar Thrifty car rental group, and Sbarro, the best pizza in most malls and airports, and that's the sort of lack of ambition that's probably killing them as stiff as a pan of three-hour old ziti. ...

Gulp...
Daimnation! — ... Fifteen companies that might not survive 2009. Some - Chrysler, Blockbuster Video, Rite Aid - have been in trouble for years, but I didn't know Dollar/Thrifty Car Rental and Sbarro were struggling so badly. ...

Maybe Tillman will hop on his rollercoaster and get the fuck out of Dodge?
This Blog Is Full Of Crap — Via McGuff, a list of companies that might not make it in the next year. The one that caught my eye: Landry's Restaurants. (LNY; about 17,000 employees; stock down 66%). This restaurant chain, which operates Chart House, Rainforest Café, and other eateries, needs $400 million in new financing to finalize a buyout deal dating to last June. If lenders come through, the company should have enough cash to ride out the recession. But at least two banks have already balked, leading to downgrades of the company's debt and the prospect of a cash-flow crunch. ...