Five quick - fire mergers, including the recent acquisition of failed firm Cobbetts for a knock - down price, have ensured the firm has never strayed far from the headlines over the past 18 months and, according to Leaitherland, the firm has no intention of stopping now. (legalweek.com)
That may not appear to be much these days, when a single failed firm may gobble up $ 85 billion in government money, but recall that this was a school district, in 1984, of 37,000 students (it had fallen from 51,000 at the beginning of the case), with a budget of less than $ 100 million. (educationnext.org)
When it comes to individual stock picking, a typical Boglehead will cite the usual litany of failed firms like Eastman Kodak, General Motors, and Wachovia to claim that individual stock picking is a futile exercise. (theconservativeincomeinvestor.com)