CRF couldn't find the listeria source, and one plant's recall swept 42 brands off shelves
A Pasco, Washington plant's listeria triggered a 456-product, 42-brand frozen-food recall — and CRF never found the source.
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Jiugui grew from ¥601M to ¥4.05B of revenue in seven years on a ¥1,499 bottle. FY2025: revenue ¥1.1B, first loss in 11 years, rescued by a ¥200 label.
Leer el casoAdani Ports' CEO and CFO paid ₹13.65 lakh each to close SEBI's PMC Projects case
A probe born of Hindenburg's 2023 report into Adani Ports' PMC Projects dealings ended with Karan Adani and his CFO paying ₹13.65 lakh each.
Leer el casoCatsa closed 22 stores — Chinese e-commerce underpriced every local fashion brand
A Vietnamese fashion brand with 22 stores closed in 2024 after cheap Chinese imports on Shein, Temu and TikTok Shop made local pricing impossible.
Leer el casoCondé Nast fired four union staff who confronted its people chief over Teen Vogue layoffs
Four Condé Nast union staff were sacked after challenging the people chief over Teen Vogue cuts; a $400,000+ settlement made the firings resignations.
Leer el casoFreshRealm's listeria recalls and loss of its two big customers pushed it into Chapter 11
FreshRealm's 2025 listeria recalls cost it Walmart and Blue Apron, its two largest customers; it filed Chapter 11 in April 2026 and liquidated.
Leer el casoTufts University: anesthesiologist invented 21 clinical trials, fooled Pfizer and Merck
Scott Reuben fabricated painkiller data for 12 years, inventing patients and forging co-authors. Pfizer and Merck paid him grants based on fake results.
Leer el casoNihon Waso tried selling kimonos direct online, and shut KAERUWA two years on
The kimono sales broker launched the KAERUWA e-commerce site in January 2024 to sell direct. On 30 June 2026 it closes the site and goes back to brokering.
Leer el caso'Hoje restou o relógio' — Mesbla sold everything but coffins, then closed in 1999
Rio's department store that sold 'from buttons to airplanes' stocked for an inflation that ended; bankruptcy came in 1999 — its clock outlived it, protected
Leer el casoKPPU fined Google Rp202.5B over mandatory Play Billing; ruling final in 2026
Indonesia's KPPU fined Google Rp202.5 billion for forcing Play Billing on app developers; after three failed appeals the decision became final in March 2026.
Leer el casoSamsung Securities typed the wrong number and issued $100B of phantom shares
A Samsung Securities employee meant to pay a 1,000-won dividend, typed 2.8B shares instead — 30x the company — and 16 employees sold before it was stopped.
Leer el casoPatanjali's 'Dhoka' chyawanprash ad called rivals frauds — Delhi HC banned it outright
Patanjali's ad called every rival chyawanprash 'Dhoka' — fraud. Dabur proved 6,182 airings in a week; the Delhi High Court pulled it from all platforms.
Leer el casoTwitch: one server misconfiguration leaked its source code and creators' payouts
A server configuration error let an anonymous attacker pull 128GB — 6,000 internal repos, unreleased products and payouts to 2.4 million creators — onto 4chan.
Leer el casoHP paid $11B for Autonomy, then wrote off $8.8B over cooked books
HP bought a UK software firm at a 79% premium to pivot into software. Within a year it took an $8.8B charge, alleging Autonomy's books were inflated.
Leer el casoViking sat on 170 reports of self-igniting ranges for six years — CPSC fined it $4.65M
Viking collected 170 reports of ranges turning on by themselves between 2008 and 2014, quietly engineered a fix, and told regulators only in July 2014.
Leer el casoiQiyi made VIP members pay again to watch ahead — a member sued and won
iQiyi charged its own VIP members ¥3 an episode to watch a hit drama early. A member sued, a Beijing court called the terms unfair, and iQiyi lost on appeal.
Leer el casoRepublic Airways files Chapter 11 after a pilot shortage grounds its fleet
A shortage of pilots forced Republic Airways to ground aircraft and lose revenue for several quarters, leading to its February 25, 2016 Chapter 11 filing.
Leer el casoFocus Features' The Northman: $70M Viking epic grossed ~$69.6M vs ~$200M break-even
Robert Eggers' $70M Viking epic grossed ~$69.6M worldwide, far short of the ~$200M needed to break even after marketing.
Leer el casoUniversity of Copenhagen professor Milena Penkowa faked 15 neuroscience papers, lost PhD
Milena Penkowa fabricated data in 15 neuroscience articles. She was convicted of fraud and became the first Danish professor to have her PhD revoked.
Leer el casoHARMAY sold luxury samples at pocket-money prices — the traffic came, the profits didn't
A $200M war chest, warehouse stores teenagers photographed for fun, and big brands sold at zero margin. Closures began within two years of the raise.
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