Judge stripped Oi's board as cash fell to R$21 million and liquidation loomed
A Rio court removed Oi's entire leadership over asset-stripping findings and US$100 million of Chapter 11 legal fees, starting provisional liquidation.
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2,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDNocNoc, Thailand's last big local e-marketplace, closed after years of price wars
SCG-backed BetterBe terminated NocNoc from February 2026, booking a 1.8-billion-baht loss — leaving Thailand's e-commerce dominated by foreign marketplaces.
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Zepeto sold fashion evoking Japan's 1912–26 Taisho era to Korean users; within days Naver halted the items at home while leaving them on sale elsewhere.
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Malaysia's year-old budget carrier suspended operations by social post, stranding thousands — and had not even told the transport ministry first.
Read the caseMercedes F1's Kingspan sponsorship lasted one week after Grenfell survivors objected
The £4M-a-year deal, pitched as a sustainability tie-up, was shelved within days when Grenfell survivors and UK ministers condemned it.
Read the caseMercedes-Benz Australia's agency-model switch drew a $650m dealer lawsuit
Thirty-eight of 55 Australian dealers sued Mercedes in the Federal Court, saying its fixed-price agency model was pushed through a sham consultation.
Read the caseLendingkart chased Covid-era scale, and its $700M value fell below $100M
The MSME lender's growth-first push gutted loan quality; by late 2024 it ran out of cash and its largest investor seized control at a fraction of its value.
Read the caseKimly's S$16M buy of a one-employee drinks firm died under SGX questions and a CAD probe
The coffee-shop operator signed for Asian Story Corporation in July 2018, then rescinded in November after regulators asked what it was actually buying.
Read the caseGM retired Holden, the maker of Australia's best-selling car for 15 straight years
GM announced in February 2020 it would retire Holden across Australia and New Zealand by 2021, axing about 600 jobs in a fragmented right-hand-drive market.
Read the caseMilan's 156-year-old Hoepli voted itself into liquidation amid a shareholder war
Red ink and an 'endosocietal conflict' pushed Hoepli's majority into voluntary liquidation — while a 30% shareholder vowed to fight it and 90 workers struck.
Read the caseGodrej sold Nature's Basket to Spencer's for less than the gourmet chain's annual sales
Fourteen years of premium gourmet retail ended with Godrej selling Nature's Basket at Rs 300 crore against Rs 338 crore of sales and Rs 350 crore of losses.
Read the caseGFG's Bell Bay smelter went into administration after five years of missing accounts
ASIC moved to wind up Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Bell Bay for not lodging financial statements for five years; a lender put it into administration.
Read the caseFoxtel burned $200M on the Hubbl streaming box — 18 months later, maintenance mode
A lavish Opera House launch, millions paid to Hamish and Andy, mocked ads, 1.2 stars on Trustpilot: a candidate for Australia's worst product launch.
Read the caseFGV's $3.3B Malaysian mega-IPO ended in a 70% fall and delisting
The 2012 listing outshone Facebook at debut — then 10 CEOs, RM3.3B of unprofitable bets and a US forced-labour ban took it off the market.
Read the caseThe FAI's €32,000 Vantage Club tickets launched days after Lehman fell — and failed
The FAI priced 10-year Aviva Stadium tickets at up to €32,000 in September 2008, then refused cuts for nearly three years as attendances collapsed.
Read the caseDowner EDI's 'systemic' contract corruption halved its market value in a year
ICAC heard subcontractors rigged NSW rail maintenance deals while Downer lost money on them; the board was gutted and break-up speculation followed.
Read the caseCourt converted ex-OAS builder Coesa's recovery straight into bankruptcy
São Paulo's TJ-SP unanimously decreed the bankruptcy of Coesa, the OAS spin-off left holding R$4.5bn of debts while sister company Metha kept the contracts.
Read the caseCitiraya's CEO stole clients' e-scrap, fled 19 years — 38 fresh charges caught up in 2026
Citiraya Industries was paid to destroy chipmakers' scrap; its CEO sold it instead, made over US$51M, and spent 19 years as a fugitive.
Read the caseCIMIC paid $130M to give away its Middle East unit — hundreds of workers left unpaid
Australia's biggest builder wrote down $1.8B, sold its Middle East JV for one dirham with a $130M injection, and hundreds of workers went unpaid.
Read the caseCBA paid full bonuses through a year of scandals — one executive lost five per cent
At the royal commission, CBA's chair admitted executives got 100-108% bonuses in a year of CommInsure, fee and money-laundering scandals.
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