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Grand Master Melon
9th July 2010, 09:27 AM
by Douglas A. McIntyre
Thursday, July 8, 2010


24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that may disappear, which includes Readers Digest, Kia Motors, Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTG - News), Zale (NYSE: ZLC - News), Blockbuster (BLOKA.PK - News), T-Mobile, BP Plc (NYSE: BP - News), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH - News), Merrill Lynch and Moody's (NYSE: MCO - News).

24/7 Wall St. regularly compiles a report of brands that are likely to disappear in the near-term. Last April, and again in December, we published our findings. Usually, it would take a full year before such a list could be compiled again. However, the current economic climate has accelerated this process and a majority of the brands on the first two lists are either gone, have been acquired, or have filed for bankruptcy.

With a number of the brands on the December list either gone or on a short-term path to extinction, 24/7 Wall St. has put together the latest version of the Ten Brands That Will Disappear. To qualify, we expect that brand to be gone by the end of 2011, or for its parent to be sold or go into Chapter 11.

Read the rest here (http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/110018/10-brands-that-may-disappear-in-2011)

Phoenix
9th July 2010, 01:50 PM
If Radio Shaft goes under, where am I going to get my Acme Home HAARP parts?!

Twisted Titan
9th July 2010, 05:57 PM
T Mobile will NEVER die

I remeber when they were OMNI POINT, Then it was VoiceStream, Then they became T Mobile

The reason why survice is because the have crappy service but they are the cheapest of the big know carriers.


T

Heimdhal
9th July 2010, 06:11 PM
I dont see Kia going out either. Kia is operated by Hyundai. Hyundai is one of the biggest care sellers/makers in the country right now, and IIRC both companies are supported in part by the Korean government (just like toyota is by japan).

Grand Master Melon
9th July 2010, 09:28 PM
T Mobile will NEVER die

I remeber when they were OMNI POINT, Then it was VoiceStream, Then they became T Mobile

The reason why survice is because the have crappy service but they are the cheapest of the big know carriers.


T


I actually like T-Mobile. I've found their service to be superior to Sprint and Cingular. Getting out from the grasp of Sprint was a nightmare.

As for the rest of the article, I don't think anything on the list of possible failure could make me more happy than to see Mood's go down. Not only is their whole industry a joke, they're a joke.