CVS logged 133 store-brand drug recalls in a decade — twice Walgreens' count
A Bloomberg investigation tied CVS's recall rate to sourcing from tainted factories and a rule that spares it FDA approval duties.
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300 RECENT CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDCVS ousted CEO Karen Lynch after Aetna costs forced a $1.1B reserve and pulled guidance
On 18 October 2024 CVS replaced its CEO after missed earnings, a $1.1B premium deficiency reserve and a withdrawn forecast; shares fell 13% premarket.
Read the caseCuidado con el Perro pulled a shirt denounced as inciting rape — and apologized publicly
A men's-section tee printed with phrases reading as a step-by-step assault script drew online outrage; CONAVIM demanded withdrawal and the chain pulled it.
Read the caseCox cut some users' uploads from 30 to 10Mbps, and its reps denied they could opt out
Cox moved 300/30Mbps customers to 500/10Mbps in March 2021 and told press they could keep their plan, but its own reps told customers they could not.
Read the caseCommonwealth Bank cut 45 jobs for an AI voice-bot, then called it an 'error' as calls rose
CBA made 45 customer service roles redundant in July 2025 for a voice-bot, then reversed in August, apologised, and let staff stay as call volumes rose.
Read the caseBunq's second US bank charter bid was rejected over capital, management and profit plans
In August 2026 the OCC rejected Bunq's US national bank bid: undercapitalised, inexperienced management, and an unrealistic path to profit.
Read the caseBB&T's 2018 storage failure cut off millions for 15 hours; it blamed Hitachi Vantara
A data center equipment failure in February 2018 hit online, mobile, ATM and wires; BB&T then spent $300M on redundancy and sued Hitachi Vantara in 2019.
Read the caseBath & Body Works' semi-annual sale 'fell short' as stores didn't signal a major event
In Q2 2024 net sales fell 2.1% to $1.5B. Executives blamed a sale that looked ordinary in store; without it, sales would have been down 1%.
Read the caseBackNine left 711,000 insurance files open on Amazon's cloud and ignored the warning
TechCrunch reported in July 2021 that BackNine's unprotected bucket held applications with SSNs and medical data, and the firm did not respond.
Read the caseAnthropic's 2% test pulled Claude Code from the Pro plan page for everyone to see
A pricing page said Claude Code wasn't in the $20 Pro plan. Anthropic called it a test on ~2% of new signups, and restored the page after developers objected.
Read the caseAnnapurna Interactive's whole team quit after owner Megan Ellison dropped its spin-off
When Ellison pulled out of talks to spin off the acclaimed games publisher, its president and about two dozen staff resigned in September 2024.
Read the caseAmericold and Ahold Delhaize scrapped two automated frozen warehouses: a $305–320M charge
Their 2020 plan for two automated frozen warehouses ended in July 2026: Lancaster to close by year-end, Plainville idled at once, Americold booking a charge.
Read the caseAmerican's 'modern retailing' push alienated corporate clients — the CCO was fired
A Bain review found AA's direct-booking push enraging advisers; AA slashed its outlook, the stock had its worst day in four years, and CCO Vasu Raja was out.
Read the caseAmerican Airlines pushed travel agents to book direct, then reset after Q2 profit fell 46%
The 2024 push to sell through AA.com and NDC alienated corporate customers and agencies; the commercial chief left and the CEO called for a reset.
Read the caseAmazon spent $13.7B on Whole Foods and years on grocery — and held 2.4% of the market
By early 2022, CNBC reported, Amazon's overlapping grocery bets had cost billions across 15 years without a coherent strategy.
Read the caseFour crashes in a week: AI-assisted changes broke Amazon's retail site
After four Sev-1 incidents including a six-hour checkout outage, Amazon added 'controlled friction' for AI-assisted retail deployments.
Read the caseAllianz's $2.2B bid for Income Insurance died over an undisclosed $1.85B payout
A capital return buried in the plan surfaced late; the government halted the deal in October 2024 and Allianz withdrew its offer in December.
Read the caseAirtel merged its Ghana arm into AirtelTigo in 2017, then handed it to the state
The Airtel-Millicom Ghana merger ended up third behind MTN and Vodafone; by 2020 Airtel was selling its stake to the government with an impairment charge.
Read the caseAirhouse laid off staff and moved customers to partner 3PLs after a funding round failed
Shyp founder Kevin Gibbon's Airhouse cut staff on April 12, 2024 after a round collapsed and moved customers to partner warehouses; one brand was stranded.
Read the caseAir Canada outsourced legally required maintenance to Aveos; a court found it broke law
Aveos went bankrupt in 2012 and Air Canada's required maintenance centres shut. A Quebec court called it a four-year breach of federal law.
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