NeuroSearch's lead drug failed in Phase III — a Danish biotech evaporated in two years
Danish biotech NeuroSearch spent 20 years on Pridopidine. The Phase III trial failed in 2010. By 2012, the company had no funding and sold its only asset.
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3,222 公開済みの事例 · 随時更新NEVS tried to revive Saab as an electric car company — collapsed twice in a decade
NEVS was founded in 2012 to revive Saab. It built a few 9-3s, went bankrupt in 2014, revived with Chinese money, then collapsed in 2023 with no cars delivered.
事例を読むNanshan Power bet Goldman Sachs on oil — and lost the company
A Shenzhen power plant signed a KODA option with Goldman Sachs. If oil stayed above $62, it made $30K/month. If oil fell, it lost $400K per dollar. Oil crashed.
事例を読むPlains All American lost $162M on a rogue trader who forged the president's signature
A Plains All American crude oil trader made unauthorized short-sell bets, forged the president's signature to conceal them, and lost $162M when oil prices rose.
事例を読むCanSino bet everything on one COVID vaccine — and lost 94% of its value
CanSino's Convidecia was a COVID blockbuster — RMB 4.3B in 2021. When demand vanished, the company lost RMB 2.8B and 94% of its market cap.
事例を読むBrilliance Auto defaulted on ¥6.5B of bonds — the BMW cash cow wasn't enough
China's Brilliance Group lived on BMW JV profits while its own brands lost money. In 2020 it defaulted on ¥6.5B of bonds and entered bankruptcy restructuring.
事例を読むHangxiao Steel Structure lost $6M on futures — expected procurement hedge failed
Chinese steel structure maker lost $6M on raw material futures. The hedge was for 'expected procurement' that never happened. It secretly used reserve funds.
事例を読むKnight Dairy lost $5.8M on futures — then the CSRC fined it for hiding the loss
Chinese dairy company lost $5.8M trading soybean meal, sugar and urea futures. It failed to disclose the losses. The CSRC fined the company and its executives.
事例を読むJinzi Ham's trader lost $8.7M on hog futures, his father-in-law repaid most of it
Jinzi Ham's rogue trader sold 902 hog futures without authorization, losing $8.7M. His father-in-law repaid $7.4M, hiding the loss triggered a CSRC fraud probe.
事例を読むCarlsberg spent HK$65M on a Hong Kong brewery — then closed it when costs bit
Carlsberg closed its 18-year-old Hong Kong brewery in 1999. High costs and the Asian financial crisis made it unprofitable, and production moved to China.
事例を読むBlue River Holdings lost $120M on Evergrande — a Hong Kong casualty
Blue River Holdings, a Hong Kong investment firm, lost $120M on Evergrande Vehicle in 2021 when China's property crisis exploded.
事例を読むChristopher DeVocht lost $320M on Tesla — a BC man's epic trading rollercoaster
A British Columbia day trader earned then lost $415M CAD on Tesla stock in 2022, then sued RBC for letting him keep trading.
事例を読むApple Ping was a music social network that Facebook killed at launch
Steve Jobs launched Ping in 2010 with unauthorized Facebook integration. Facebook blocked it immediately, and the social network for iTunes never recovered.
事例を読むEli Lilly paid $1.4B for marketing Zyprexa for dementia it was never approved to treat
Lilly pushed Zyprexa for dementia in the elderly despite knowing it caused extreme weight gain and raised death risk. The DOJ settlement was $1.415 billion.
事例を読むGoogle Daydream was phone-in-headset VR — and nobody wanted it
Google's smartphone VR platform required a specific phone, a headset, and losing access to your apps. It lasted three years before Google pulled the plug.
事例を読むNintendo's Wii U sold 13 million units against a 100 million target
Nintendo's Wii U had a confusing GamePad and a weak launch lineup. It sold 13.56M units against the Wii's 101M, forcing Nintendo to rethink everything.
事例を読むEgo depletion was psychology's most famous willpower theory — and it failed to replicate
The idea that willpower is a limited resource became a cornerstone of business self-help. A 2016 replication with 23 labs found no evidence it exists.
事例を読むHartford Civic Center roof collapsed hours after 5,000 left — a design error no one caught
The space frame roof of Hartford's new arena collapsed at 4:15 AM, hours after a basketball game. The design was too light — but nobody did the math to check.
事例を読むQatar Investment Authority lost $300M on Credit Suisse — a sovereign fund's bad bet
Qatar's sovereign wealth fund lost $300M on its Credit Suisse investment when the Swiss bank collapsed in 2023 and was taken over by UBS.
事例を読むBalyasny London lost $100M on event-driven trades — a multi-manager's bad bet
Balyasny Asset Management's London office lost $100M on event-driven investing in 2023, the latest in a series of losses at multi-manager hedge funds.
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