With consumers shutting their wallets and corporate revenues plunging, the business landscape may start to resemble a graveyard in 2009. Household names like Circuit City and Linens-N-Things have already perished. And chances are, those bankruptcies were just an early warning sign of a much broader epidemic. U.S. News and World Report and Yahoo! look at 15 companies that likely will look different one year from now than they do today. Among the firms: automaker Chrysler, drugstore chain Rite Aid, rental car company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, fast-food chain Sbarro, theme-park operator Six Flags, video-rental chain Blockbuster and doughnut chain Krispy Kreme. To read the article, click here.
15 companies that might not survive 2009
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