TCS told 12,000 employees to go — then the unions came for it
TCS tried to cut 12,000 jobs through forced resignations. The backlash — unions, labour commissioners, US senators — turned a routine trim into a crisis.
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In January 2025 a hacker named 'Fortibitch' claimed 440GB of Fortinet's files — and the firm that sells security had been breached itself.
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Three US regulators fined JPMorgan roughly $450M after its surveillance systems missed billions of orders for years, leaving manipulation room to hide.
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The Catholic Church owned Weltbild for 39 years. In January 2014 it refused the rescue bill and let the publisher go insolvent; ten years on, it died for good.
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ISRO's commercial arm killed a 2005 satellite lease on policy grounds; tribunals called it wrongful termination, awarding $562.5m then $1.29bn — now past $2bn.
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A six-sigma result that broke relativity was undone by a cable. OPERA announced neutrinos beating light, then spent eight months unwinding it.
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In May 2025 a Telefónica network update went wrong and knocked out phone, internet and Spain's 112 emergency line.
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John Law's Mississippi Company was worth $6.5T at its peak — more than any company ever. Within a year it was worthless, Law exiled, France's economy ruined.
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