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This slightly dated chart may leave off a few recent, smaller bankruptcies, but it still contains some of the largest ones the world has ever seen. The cartoony ships really don’t capture all the pain these failing companies caused to countless families around the world.

Adam Albright-Hanna

Apr 11, 2013

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