Does this mean I won't have to finish paying off my Sears gold card?
I hope Sears and Borders stick around. Some of the Craftsman tools are still American made, and I love browsing Borders for a book.
It would be sad to see Palm go. I have always liked their OS. My cell phone is a Centro and I love it- small, powerful and well suited to my everyday needs.
I’m not into seeing movies on my cell phone (I find the idea absurd, really) or surfing the internet on my cell phone (which I find stupid, too).
I was really hoping Microsoft would be on the list.
Film is still needed for disposable cams. Advertising's future is in billboards and painting the sides of vehicles and buildings.
Sears needs to scale down or it will go the way of Ward's.
Blockbuster also has a niche too, since a brick and mortar store is always a needed due to the nature of the business, but scaling down is a good option. Same for B&N.
Kodak seems to have figured out the mistake the railroads made.
Kodak, who discontinued kodachrome, has moved into the “picture business” and not the “film for camera” business.
It remains to be seen if this will work.
Sears will probably make it. Not in their current form, perhaps, but they survived the Great Depression.
Kodak? looks bad for them, might just get picked up by someone else, eventually.
Palm? Dead. Murdered by the iPhone/iPod touch. That’s the way of high-tech, someone comes along with something a LOT better, and you’re toast unless you can beat them.
Borders.. kind of a shame to see them go, I like hanging out at their stores. The whole business model for the book/magazine/media sales business is undergoing a shakeout right now. B&N has them beat in some ways, but their future is questionable,also.
Blockbuster? Dead by Netflix.
McClatchy...I really really hope they die die die die die. They suck mighty. The death of this band of statists couldnt come soon enough for me. The Bee, the Anchorage Daily News, etc. have been in a death spiral for a while.
I will not only dance on their grave, but it might even get a nice dousing.
In a month or so, we will know if we can add all the private health care companies. The little ones without enough diversification into other non-health insurance concerns will go the first. Maybe a company like Assurant health. Then the big boys, Wellpoint, UHC, Aetna, Humana etc.
If things keep going the way they are and there is no opposition to our socialist road capitalism will be long dead by 2020.. No companies will exist by then..