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To: Mase
"For a generation, big firms have enjoyed almost complete license to use brute economic force to grow only bigger."

Huh. My company missed out on this, and to think we shoulda relied on brute force instead of tired old cliche's like customer satisfaction and supply and demand.

41 posted on 11/06/2006 1:54:17 PM PST by Sam's Army (Imagine a world without car commercials.)
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To: Sam's Army

"For a generation, big firms have enjoyed almost complete license to use brute economic force to grow only bigger."

Company, Bankruptcy Date, Total Assets
Pre-Bankruptcy Filing Court District

Worldcom, Inc. 07/21/2002 $103,914,000,000 NY-S
Enron Corp.* 12/2/2001 $63,392,000,000 NY-S
Conseco, Inc. 12/18/2002 $61,392,000,000 IL-N
Texaco, Inc. 4/12/1987 $35,892,000,000 NY-S
Financial Corp. of America 9/9/1988 $33,864,000,000 CA-C
Refco Inc. 10/17/2005 $33,333,172,000 NY-S
Global Crossing Ltd. 1/28/2002 $30,185,000,000 NY-S
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. 4/6/2001 $29,770,000,000 CA-N
UAL Corp. 12/9/2002 $25,197,000,000 IL-N
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 9/14/2005 $21,801,000,000 NY-S
Adelphia Communications 6/25/2002 $21,499,000,000 NY-S
MCorp 3/31/1989 $20,228,000,000 TX-S
Mirant Corporation 7/14/2003 $19,415,000,000 TX-N
Delphi Corporation 10/8/2005 $16,593,000,000 NY-S
First Executive Corp. 5/13/1991 $15,193,000,000 CA-C


43 posted on 11/06/2006 1:58:16 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("We will slaughter anyone who calls Islam violent!")
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