Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy
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1979 The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1989 A strike forces financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines into bankruptcy.
1992 Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
2001 The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2008 Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.