Business failures, costly decisions and the lessons they leave behind.
The full archive, in the appThe Dominican nickel miner revived a forest mine the senate had tried to turn into a national park — and withdrew the permit within weeks of the outcry.
Read the caseBob Iger's succession design — a hand-picked heir reporting to the outgoing legend — collapsed in under three years, and Iger took the job back.
Read the caseThe SEC said the creator-monetization startup overstated revenue and client numbers to investors; the founder took a 10-year fundraising bar and stepped aside.
Read the caseAfter a year of Verge investigations into PTSD and abusive conditions at its moderation sites, Cognizant walked away from the whole business.
Read the caseThe Grupo Big restructuring turned Carrefour Brasil's R$1.73B 2022 profit into a R$795M 2023 loss, with 123 unprofitable stores shut or slated for closure.
Read the caseA Bradesco video of influencers urging less meat consumption sparked account cancellations across Brazil's cattle sector — pulled in under four hours.
Read the caseBuffett bought the Big Four US airlines in 2016 betting on growth and buybacks, then called it a 'mistake' and sold all four at a loss in April 2020.
Read the caseHouse committee emails showed Amazon's diaper price war was aimed at diapers.com; Quidsi sold in 2010 and Amazon shut the site in 2017.
Read the caseA probe found Toshiba worked with Japan's trade ministry to 'beat up' activist investors — then four of its independent directors demanded a shake-up.
Read the caseThe online grocer folded with $4.3M in creditor claims; an investor says breaking the duopoly takes 'a couple of hundred million dollars'.
Read the caseTold its fitness gear made staff 'key workers' during the UK lockdown, Sports Direct flipped within 24 hours after a public backlash.
Read the caseAn investigation found Space Value HD overstated net profit by ¥550M across FY2014–2018, with its former president directing the hotel accounting
Read the caseAnchor customers Mercedes-Benz, ANZ and Air New Zealand all left before cheaper generative AI made the avatar maker's premium pricing untenable.
Read the caseThe Raleigh HBCU's land-lease deal with sports developer 50 Plus 1 died at the state attorney general — its owner now faces federal fraud charges.
Read the caseSales fell from ₩257.5B in 2017 to ₩180B as rivals pushed new products; the union said CEO Shin Dong-hwan was 'only interested in collecting toy figurines'.
Read the casePepper Food Service shut 114 Ikinari Steak stores, cut 200 jobs and handed Pepper Lunch to a fund after a founder-driven expansion nobody could stop.
Read the caseHyundai Home Shopping's Australian channel went into administration two years after launch, owing its Korean parent $12m and Seven West Media $1m.
Read the caseYamagata's Onuma department store filed for bankruptcy ten months after employees and a local sponsor took control, unable to fix its cost base
Read the caseAn FSS audit found 51 improper loans by 20-plus people from 2017 to 2024; the regulator also accused IBK of concealing what its own probe had found.
Read the caseA month after pledging $15bn for Finland, Google was told to stop tree felling and excavation at two sites until environmental reviews were done.
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