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List of business failures
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This list of business failures collects significant companies who met the eventual demise of their well-known brand. The causes include corporate crime and simple insolvency, and are notable for their financial impact on the economy. Prior to 1900 * Compagnia dei Bardi * Peruzzi * Acciaioli 1900-1949 1907 * Nederlandsche Automobiel en Vliegtuigfabriek Trompenburg 1919 *Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior 1920 * Rumpler Flugzeugwerke * Sopwith Aviation Company 1922 * Spyker 1923 * Ansted Engine Company * Lexington 1928 * HRD Motorcycles * McFarlan Automobile 1929 *AC Cars *Edison Records *Kerr, Stuart and Company *Spyker Automobielfabriek 1931 *Henderson Motorcycle 1932 * Bing * Kreuger & Toll * Lorraine-Dietrich 1933 * Durant Motors * Miller *Studebaker 1934 *Dorfan *Lionel Corporation 1935 *Delage 1962 *Leidolf 1963 *Yamaguchi Motorcycle 1964 * Carrozzeria Touring * Facel * Lilac Company * Tornado Cars * Wales West and North Television 1965 * Excelsior Motor Company *Japan Special Steel *Sanyo Special Steel *Moto Guzzi *Third Lanark A.C. 1969 *Tohatsu 1970 * National Student Marketing Corporation * Penn Central Transportation Company 1971 *Lines Bros *Marcos *Rolls-Royce Limited *Velocette *Wirgin 1974 * Franklin National Bank * General Vehicle * Iso Rivolta * United Fruit Company 1975 * British Leyland * Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad * Nation Life 1976 * Jensen Motors 1977 *Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad *Petri Camera 1978 *CTI Records *Eidai *Miranda Camera Company * Norton Villiers Triumph 1979 * AUS Student Travel * Dixie Square Mall 1980-1989 ;1980 * Biba * Bradley Automotive * Derek Bennett Engineering * Dunbee-Combex-Marx * Ontario Motor Speedway * Otaki Model Toy Company * Panther Westwinds ;1981 * AJW Motorcycles ;1982 * Banco Ambrosiano * Braniff International Airways * Fittipaldi Automotive * Laker Airways * Mego Corporation * Ossa * Penn Square Bank * Wienerwald ;1983 * Atari, Inc. * Bultaco * Chevron Racing Cars Scotland *Riccar * Takatoku Toys * Zündapp ;1985 * AC Scotland * The Sanko Steamship * Sinclair Vehicles ;1986 * Clénet Coachworks * Coventry Climax * Frontier Airlines * Imagic * Jet Records ;1988 * American Savings & Loan Association * Micro Precision Products * Worlds of Wonder ;1989 * Bitter Cars * Crazy Eddie * Epyx * Mbank * Ross 1990-1999 1990 * Alpa * British Satellite Broadcasting * Drexel Burnham Lambert * Miles Gordon Technology * MiniScribe * Panther Westwinds * Pyramid Building Society 1991 * Bank of Credit and Commerce International * Eastern Air Lines * Emerald Software * Executive Life Insurance Company * Lewis's * Pan American World Airways * Polly Peck International * State Bank of South Australia 1992 * Aldershot F.C. * Brabham * Child World * Factory Records * March Engineering * Maxwell Communications Corporation * Norton Motorcycle Company * Olympia and York * Orion Pictures * Pay 'n Save * Rosso Corporation * SAM Computers * Schwinn Bicycle Company * Sullivan Bluth Studios * Vic Lee Motorsport * Wang Laboratories * Windsor Safari Park 1993 * DAF NV * Ferranti * Kentucky Central Insurance Company * Lionel Corporation * Loriciels * 1994 * Athena * Cizeta Automobili * Commodore International * Toaplan 1995 * Bugatti Automobili SpA * Carolco Pictures * Jamesway * Rexon * Simtek * Tooton's 1996 * AC Cars * Best Products * Chieftain Products * Ernst Home Centers * Escom * Fokker * Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group * * Theatre Royal, Hanley *Venturi Automobiles 1997 * Bre-X * Canada Games Company * Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Hotel and Casino * Tseng Labs 1998 *Boyds Wheels * JT Storage * Long-Term Capital Management * Maria's Bakery * Ripspeed * SyQuest Technology * Yaohan 1999 * Caldor * Daewoo * Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle * Fashion Cafe * Hechinger * Human Entertainment * Lledo * Vector Motors * Yamaichi Securities 2000-2009 2000 * 3dfx Interactive * ADK Corporation * Boo.com * Bung Enterprises * The Equitable Life Assurance Society * Lamonts * Lernout & Hauspie * LTV Steel * MyLackey.com * Netter Digital * Pets.com * Pixelon * Sogo * Theatre Royal, Hanley (with Mike Lloyd Music) * Bradlees * Canada 3000 * Capital Artists * Converse * Dinamic Multimedia * Enron * Extreme Championship Wrestling * Grand Royal * HIH Insurance * HomeBase * International Sport and Leisure * Kozmo.com * Marcos * Montgomery Ward * Mycal * Zany Brainy 2002 * Adelphia * Ames Department Stores Inc. * Arthur Andersen * Asiatech * Charles Jourdan * Claims Direct * Compile * Connolly Leather * EBONE * Global Crossing * Hummingbird Photo * Imai Science * ITV Digital * Jensen Motors * Kirch Group * KPNQwest * Mattress Discounters * Napster * Prost Grand Prix * Railtrack * Reynard Motorsport * Swissair * Tom Walkinshaw Racing and Arrows * Troutman's Emporium * WorldCom 2003 * The 3DO Company * The Accident Group * Baninter * Bethlehem Steel * CART * Corbin Motors * Data East * divine * Italjet * Khalifa Airways * Loral Space & Communications * Parmalat * Spiegel * UT Models 2004 * Acclaim Entertainment * Arc Flashlight * Argonaut Games * Atlas Air * Auction World.tv * Banham Conversions * Bess Eaton * Courts plc * De Tomaso * Flying Finn * ATA Holdings (ATA Airlines, ATA Cargo, ATA Leisure Corp, ATA Training Corp, Amber Travel, Chicago Express Airlines, ExecuJet) * Ilford Photo * Kaneko * Mondial * Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company * Parma F.C. * Speed Star Wheels * Titus Software * Volare Group (Volareweb.com, Air Europe) 2005 * AgfaPhoto * All:sports * Allders * ASARCO * Atkins Nutritionals * Bburago * EUjet * Granville Technology Group * The Hit Factory * Hornchurch F.C. * Jetsgo * Maersk Air * MG Rover Group * Music and Video Club * Red Letter Days * Refco * Roco * West Coast Computers * Unwins *Dublin City F.C. * *European Home Retail *FaroeJet *Golden Wonder *Independence Air *Lik Sang *Motorex *Musicland *Runcorn F.C. Halton *Silver Screen *Tiger Telematics *Tower Records 2007 *American Freedom Mortgage *American Home Mortgage *Amp'd Mobile *Benjys *Bombay Company * Choices UK * Columbia Aircraft * CompUSA *Enfield F.C. *Evesham Technology * Fopp * Kwik Save * Marcos * MAXjet Airways * Media Rings * Metronet * Moonshine Music * Music Zone * NetBank * New Century * Nova * Remnant Media * Scarborough F.C. * Sentinel Management Group * spinART Records * Terra Securities * Topps Meat Company 2008 *Allco Finance Group *Aloha Airlines *Amtrak Express Parcels *Apex Aircraft *ATA Airlines *Australian School of Business and Technology * Bennigan's * Bill Heard Enterprises * Buffets, Inc. * Circuit City Stores * Coast Air * Commander Communications * Countrywide Financial * Dawahares * Dolcis Shoes * eos Airlines * FreshXpress * Frontier Airlines * Gamley's * Glitnir * Gretna F.C. * Halifax Town A.F.C. *Harold's * Holley Performance Products * IndyMac Bank * iQon Technologies * Kaupthing Bank * Krispy Kreme Hong Kong * Landsbanki * Lenox * Levitz Furniture * Lillian Vernon * Linens 'n Things * Luton Town F.C. * Madoff Investment Securities * Mattress Discounters * Mervyns * MFI Group * Montres Villemont * Morgan UK * Motorworld * Nationwide Airlines * Oasis Hong Kong Airlines * The Officers Club * Olan Mills * Opes Prime * Peau VavaÊ»u * Photo-Optix * Pilgrim's Pride * RC Developments * Rosebys * Rotherham United F.C. * Sanlu Group * The Sharper Image * Shoe Pavilion * Silver State Helicopters * Silverjet * Skybus Airlines * Sterling Airlines * Super Aguri F1 *Tai Lin Radio Service * Tribune Company * Tropicana Entertainment * Tuctuc Ltd * Tweeter * U-Right * USC * Value City * VeraSun Energy * Vivitar * Wachovia * Washington Mutual * WCI Communities * Wickes Furniture * Wilsons Leather * WiQuest Communications * Woolworths Group * XL Airways UK * Yamato Life * Zavvi * Ziff Davis * Zoom Airlines 2009 * 3D Realms * A1 Grand Prix Operations * AbitibiBowater * Allied Carpets * Apex Silver Mines * Arcandor * Babcock & Brown * Bashas' * BearingPoint * Berkhamsted Town F.C. * Boater's World * Borders UK * Central Park Media * Charter Communications * Christian Lacroix * CIT Group * Colonial Bancgroup * Crabtree & Evelyn * Darlington F.C. * Denver Newspaper Agency * Empire Direct * Extended Stay Hotels * Escada * Fisher Athletic F.C. * First Quench Retailing * Fleetwood Enterprises * FlyLal * Fortunoff * Goody's Family Clothing * Gottschalks * Hartmarx * Idearc * G.I. Joe's * Journal Register Company * Karmann * KB Toys * Land of Leather * LDV Group * FK Lyn * LyondellBasell * Magna Entertainment Corp. * Märklin * Merisant * Midway Games * Monaco Coach Corporation * Nortel * Peanut Corporation of America * Philadelphia Media Holdings * Qimonda * Reader's Digest Association * R. H. Donnelley * Ritz Camera Centers * SeeqPod * Send the Light * SETA Corporation * Setanta Sports * SFCG Co. * Silicon Graphics * Smurfit-Stone Container * Spansion * Spectrum Brands * SPV GmbH * SsangYong Motor Company * Stanford Financial Group * Station Casinos * Steve & Barry's * Strathfield * Stylo * Sun-Times Media Group * Taylor, Bean & Whitaker * Tronox * Trump Entertainment Resorts * Viyella * Waterford Wedgwood * Young Broadcasting 2010-present 2010 * Adams Childrenswear * Air America Radio * Bidtopia * Canwest * HFC Haarlem * Hollywood Video 2011 * AJWright * AMR Corporation * Borders Group * Focus DIY * Habitat * HomeForm Group * Syms Corporation * Ultimate Electronics * 4Kids Entertainment 2012 * Cimber Sterling * Comet Group * Daffy's * Fashion Bug * JJB Sports PLC * Malév Hungarian Airlines * Old HB * Pluna * SeaFrance * THQ 2013 * Jessops * Blockbuster
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