Infosys picked its first outsider CEO — then the founders drove him out
Infosys hired its first outsider CEO in 2014. A feud over a $200M deal, a payout and his pay went public; in 2017 he resigned and a co-founder returned.
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2,000 CASOS PUBLICADOS · ATUALIZADOS REGULARMENTEJohnson's baby powder: 130 years of talc, ended by one bottle of asbestos
One FDA finding of sub-trace asbestos in a single bottle recalled 33,000. Then lawsuits ended the talc powder: US and Canada in 2020, the world in 2023.
Ler o casoThe horse that could do math — until researchers noticed their own cues
Clever Hans appeared to do arithmetic by tapping his hoof. The horse was reading unconscious human cues — a discovery that gave research double-blind method.
Ler o casoChina's largest imported cosmeceutical chain went bankrupt — 200 stores to zero
UBSKIN grew to 200+ imported-skincare stores across China. It stopped franchising in 2019, failed online, and was declared bankrupt Aug 2026.
Ler o casoLovecraft Brewery spent HK$40M on a craft brewery in Hong Kong — the market was too small
Hong Kong's first craft lager brewery won international awards but couldn't overcome the city's high costs and limited demand. It closed after eight years.
Ler o casoThe £10bn NHS computer that never was: how NPfIT became Britain's biggest IT fiasco
The world's largest civilian IT project waived its own penalty clauses, hit £9.8bn, and was dismantled in 2011 with its central patient database unbuilt.
Ler o casoOrange County's $1.6B derivatives bankruptcy — the treasurer who bet on interest rates
Robert Citron leveraged an $8B county pool into $20B of derivatives. When rates rose, the county lost $1.6B — the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
Ler o casoDabur's '3x immunity' Chyawanprash claim upheld as unsubstantiated — twice
ASCI upheld complaints against Dabur's '3 times more immunity' Chyawanprash ads in February 2013 and again in February 2015 — the same unsubstantiated claim.
Ler o casoM&S let a contractor's help desk reset any password by phone — hackers just asked
Scattered Spider impersonated an M&S employee to a Tata help desk, got a password reset, and the ransomware that followed cost M&S roughly £300 million.
Ler o casoProbuild: fixed-price contracts into an inflation spike — then the parent pulled the plug
One of Australia's biggest builders collapsed in February 2022 when its South African parent withdrew support, stranding A$5bn of projects and 2,300 creditors.
Ler o casoVoyager's CEO touted bank-grade, FDIC-insured safety while lending $650M unsecured to 3AC
The FTC and CFTC say Voyager marketed itself as a 'safe haven' with FDIC-insured USD while pooling customer crypto into unsecured loans to a hedge fund.
Ler o casoZhong Xue Gao sold 66-yuan ice cream to a 3-yuan market — from ¥4B to liquidation
The brand that made 66-yuan ice cream a national argument kept its prices while its freezers emptied. In 2025 a supplier filed it for bankruptcy.
Ler o casoHostess: insider raises and a wage-cut standoff liquidated Twinkies at 18,500 jobs
Hostess imposed 8% wage cuts and 27-32% benefit cuts, got a nationwide strike, and liquidated — while its CEO's pay tripled to $2.5m in bankruptcy.
Ler o casoHytale: Riot funded it 10 years, then cancelled and closed the studio
Riot Games acquired Hypixel Studios and funded Hytale for a decade; in 2025 it cancelled the game and shut the studio down — then the founder bought it back.
Ler o casoStanley Milgram made subjects believe they were killing someone — for science
Milgram's 1961 obedience study found 65% of subjects gave apparently fatal shocks. The findings reshaped psychology — and so did the ethics crisis.
Ler o casoSE Asia once-largest dept store closed after 51 years — land sold at record NT$3.8M/ping
Daito (大統百貨) opened in Kaohsiung in 1975 as SE Asia's largest department store. A 1995 fire ended its golden era. Feb 28, 2025: final day. Mar 2025: demolished.
Ler o casoHit-Point's 95% take killed Travel Frog China — a 7.6M-DAU hit exits
Japan's Hit-Point demanded 95% of revenue and vetoed merchandise for its frog game's China version, so Alibaba's Lingxi let it shut down on Dec 8, 2026.
Ler o casoeFishery was Indonesia's first unicorn — $600 million of its revenue was fake
The smart fish feeder startup raised $200M at a $1.4B valuation. Then a whistleblower showed the board two sets of books: one real, one for investors.
Ler o casoNoble Group was Asia's biggest commodity trader — then an accounting scandal erased it
Hong Kong's Noble Group went from $46B revenue to $1.7B loss after Iceberg Research accused it of accounting fraud.
Ler o casoManchester United paid Mason Greenwood's full wages for 18 months of suspension
Nike ended his deal in eight days; United suspended him for 18 months but kept paying him in full — then let him leave by mutual agreement.
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