Dailyfinance.com has a list of 10 American companies that will disappear in 2011. Bailout possibilities, anyone?
Failed governments usually soldier on, propped up by cash infusions. (The Obama stimulus plan, for example, largely stimulated the finances of state and local governments.)
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Private companies that fail to meet public demands and keep costs under control are either taken over, or dissolve entirely.