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A storm killed cooling at the Phoenix facility hosting Namecheap's essential operations; the operator ordered a shutdown and 15 hours of near-total blackout.
Ler o casoDiscover's 2017-18 servicing migration corrupted student loan billing; it paid $35M for violating the 2015 order meant to stop such errors.
Ler o casoIts own audit found ¥154M of the founding-family chairman’s private spending over a decade; a US activist fund called it a tenth of the real number.
Ler o casoIIPM spent lavishly on ads promising BBA/MBA degrees it had no power to award — Delhi HC called it a 'maze to entrap students'; campuses shut by 2015.
Ler o casoA Lineker tweet got him stood down; Match of the Day ran 20 minutes with no commentary, pundits boycotted, and the BBC reversed within three days.
Ler o casoA 1948 sock maker that peaked at ¥8B in 1986 quit stockings in 2011, never replaced the volume, and went bankrupt in January 2026 with ¥3.2B in debt.
Ler o casoDow Corning made the first silicone breast implants in 1962. By the 1990s, 400,000 women claimed disease. The FDA banned them and Dow Corning paid $3.2B.
Ler o casoThe outdoor apparel pioneer filed Chapter 11 in February 2026, shuttering every North American store after sales declined and a buyer failed to emerge.
Ler o casoThailand's largest steelmaker borrowed 50B baht to buy the Redcar steelworks. When global steel prices crashed, the debt crushed the company.
Ler o casoMySpace had 115M monthly visitors and invented social networking at scale. Then Facebook did it better, and News Corp's ad-heavy strategy drove the rest away.
Ler o casoShuaa Capital bid up DP World's closing price in the last minutes of trading to inflate its book value; DFSA fined it $950,000 and forced a compliance overhaul.
Ler o casoThe club that re-signed Pogba for free watched a doping ban wipe the deal: wages cut to £2,000 a month, contract ended two years early.
Ler o casoA night derailment dropped a Southern Pacific tank car into the Sacramento River; 19,500 gallons of metam sodium killed all aquatic life for 41 miles.
Ler o casoThe children's clothing chain filed Ch.11 in June 2017 and again in Jan 2019 — closing all 900+ stores. The Children's Place bought the brand.
Ler o casoThe exiled tycoon sued Abramovich for $5.6B over Sibneft shares he said were extorted; the Commercial Court called him dishonest and dismissed every claim.
Ler o casoCASETiFY's 'Inside Out' line copied Dbrand's Teardown skins so closely it reproduced hidden watermarks. The lawsuit was filed within hours.
Ler o casoPolice took lead actor Erdem Kaynarca from the set of TRT Tabii's Ateş Denizi; the producer cut his contract for cause and scrapped every scene he had shot.
Ler o casoNintendo called their new console Revolution. They launched it as Wii. Gamers mocked it. Developers hated it. It sold 101 million units.
Ler o casoFrance's most famous microbiologist promoted hydroxychloroquine for COVID without evidence. 46 papers retracted, 218 flagged, his institute sanctioned.
Ler o casoNewport Theatre ran 2 screens at 60-64 Soy Street, Mong Kok for 20 years. Closed April 1, 2025. It was the 10th HK cinema to shut in the preceding 12 months.
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