Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Largest Bankruptcies

CompanyBankruptcy DateTotal Assets Pre-BankruptcyTotal assets pre-bankruptcy in 2007 US dollars[6]Filing Court District
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.2008-09-15$639,063,000,000 ?NY-S
Washington Mutual2008-09-26$327,913,000,000 ?DE
Worldcom Inc.2002-07-21$103,914,000,000FY2007 US$119,716,589,862NY-S
Enron Corp.*2001-02-12$63,392,000,000FY2007 US$74,229,508,197NY-S
Conseco, Inc.2002-12-18$61,392,000,000FY2007 US$70,728,110,599IL-N
Texaco, Inc.1987-04-12$35,892,000,000FY2007 US$62,638,743,455NY-S
Financial Corp. of America1988-09-09$33,864,000,000FY2007 US$57,010,101,010CA-C
Refco Inc.2005-10-17$33,333,172,000FY2007 US$35,385,532,909NY-S
Global Crossing Ltd.2002-01-28$30,185,000,000 ?NY-S
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.2001-04-06$29,770,000,000Fy2007 US$34,859,484,778CA-N
UAL Corp.2002-12-09$25,197,000,000 ?IL-N
Delta Air Lines, Inc.2005-09-14$21,801,000,000 ?NY-S
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code

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