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Lots of iconic brands have filed for bankruptcy recently. Some blamed weak consumer demand, others pointed to rising commodity costs and pension demands. In any case, you can count on many more companies to follow suit.

GovernanceMetric's International provided us with a list of companies with the greatest probability of financial distress. We picked out the biggest names.