Business failures, costly decisions and the lessons they leave behind.
The full archive, in the appAfter CEO Bompard pledged no Mercosur beef in France, Brazilian frigoríficos cut supplies to Carrefour Brasil — retracted within days with a letter of apology.
Read the caseThe veteran car-buying platform took buyers' deposits and full payments, told them the cars were ready, then entered administration without paying dealers.
Read the caseRSM found supplements sold to a distributor coming back, devices bought without board approval, and its chairman and a bank signatory held in Shanghai.
Read the caseAvex was meant to make Argentina a chicken-export platform. No export licences, no supplier network and a blocking rival later, BRF is selling it cheap.
Read the caseDelhi's Economic Offences Wing alleged Ashneer Grover, his wife and relatives syphoned funds from the fintech via fake HR consultancies and backdated invoices.
Read the caseWeeks after telling shareholders it would likely win, the state bank settled with NMC's administrators before the ADGM court could rule.
Read the caseTwelve acquisitions, debt tripling to €1.7 billion and a consumer pivot that drove away customers left the McDonald's bun supplier fighting to survive.
Read the caseIn a rare order, SEBI barred retired SBI official K.C. Raut from markets for six months and fined him ₹1.5 lakh over ARSS Infrastructure's misrepresented books.
Read the caseInspired by Walmart, the Birlas built More into 509 stores; a decade of losses ended with Samara Capital offered the chain for debt alone.
Read the caseInternal memos said sustainability didn't matter if the enrolment numbers hit; the VET broker collapsed owing $147 million and stranding students.
Read the caseThe e-government pioneer failed to remit road-tax and licence collections since May 2023; the RTD suspended it and its shares fell 80% in 2026.
Read the caseWinity won Brazil's 700MHz lot at the 2021 5G auction, then returned the licence with its coverage commitments unmet after its deal with Telefônica flopped.
Read the caseArianespace's Vega failed eight minutes after liftoff when thrust-vector-control cables were assembled inverted, destroying Spain's uninsured SeoSat-Ingenio.
Read the caseHenn Tan, inventor of the thumbdrive, faced 15 charges of falsifying Trek 2000's books, deceiving auditors and hiding 47 related-party deals.
Read the caseStaffers in TCS's 3,000-strong Resource Management Group took bribes from six staffing firms — one run by a senior executive's relatives.
Read the caseA royal commission found Tabung Haji inflated asset values to pay unsustainable dividends and 13-month bonuses; its ex-minister and ex-chairman face charges.
Read the caseThe 25-year, no-money-upfront solar subscription died when panel prices crashed: 700+ creditors, 173 staff owed $4.9M, and $22,275 left in the bank.
Read the caseSky cut the retiring Rabbitoh's farewell walkout for betting content — the second blunder in a week at a broadcaster missing its satisfaction targets.
Read the caseStaff keyed false 'delivery failure' codes to dodge penalties; when auditors caught it, the CEO, CFO and unit head misrepresented the findings and were sacked.
Read the caseAustralia's clean-energy manufacturing hope ended up spending more on honouring warranties than it earned on sales, and collapsed into liquidation.
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