101 Dumbest Moments in Business

[DrPepper]

Fortune magazine 101 Dumbest Moments in Business

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...ist/index.html

my favourites

2. Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly wins FDA approval to put Prozac into chewable, beef-flavored pills
to treat separation anxiety in dogs.

3.Leona Helmsley
Upon her death, Leona Helmsley leaves $12 million to her white Maltese,
Trouble.

38. Google
To test Google's ability to block harmful advertising, Belgian IT security
consultant Didier Stevens posts an ad that reads "Is your PC virus-free?
Get it infected here!" It is accepted by Google and displayed 259,723
times; 409 web surfers actually click on the ad.

51. Apple
Nine-year-old Shea O'Gorman sends a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs
suggesting ideas for improving her beloved iPod Nano, including adding
onscreen lyrics so people can sing along. She gets back a letter from
Apple's legal counsel stating that the company doesn't accept unsolicited
ideas and telling her not to send in any more suggestions.

58. Taco Bell
After flopping in a previous run for the border 15 years ago, Taco Bell
tries again, opening an outlet in Mexico City. This time the company
takes out half-page newspaper ads announcing, "It is a fast-food
alternative that does not pretend to be Mexican food."

59. Radiohead
British rock band Radiohead makes its new album, "In Rainbows," available
for download on the Internet and lets its fans decide how much they want
to pay. Sixty-two percent, according to comScore, decide to pay nothing,
while the other 38% voluntarily fork over an average of six bucks.

76. Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson stars in commercials for Pizza Hut's Cheesy Bites pizza,
then tells Elle magazine that she's allergic to wheat ... and tomatoes ...
and cheese.

[Abbeygoo]

Local radio here in Manchester have quoted this article as the decision by Sony to include Manchester Cathedral in the PS3 game Resistance : Fall Of Man is in the list.

Think the church received a pay out from Sony.

[DrPepper]

37. Judge Roy Pearson
District of Columbia judge Roy Pearson loses a $54 million lawsuit against the
owners of a dry-cleaning establishment that he claims misplaced a pair of his
pants. Pearson argued that the cleaner committed fraud by failing to live up
to the SATISFACTION GUARANTEED sign displayed in the shop.
Four months later a judicial review committee votes against reappointing him
to his post, finding that he failed to demonstrate "appropriate judgment and
judicial temperament."

50. The Defense Department
Exploiting a flaw in a Defense Department purchasing system, South Carolina
parts supplier C&D Distributors rakes in $20.5 million in shipping fees on just
$68,000 in sales. The scheme is finally detected when a Pentagon clerk spots
a $969,000 bill for shipping two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas.

53. Japanese arm-wrestlers
In Japan three players of arm-wrestling game Arm Spirit break their arms while
challenging the machine, which pits them against such opponents as a
French maid, a drunken martial arts master, and a Chihuahua.

84. Southwest Airlines
A Southwest Airlines gate agent tells Kyla Ebbert - a 23-year-old college
student and Hooters waitress wearing a denim miniskirt, high-heeled sandals,
and a sweater over a tank top - that she's dressed too provocatively to be
allowed on a flight from San Diego to Tucson. Though the agent ultimately
relents and lets her onboard, an indignant Ebbert goes public, appearing on
the Today show. Southwest takes a massive publicity hit; Ebbert is hired by
Richard Branson to promote rival low-cost carrier Virgin America and by
Playboy to pose for a pictorial.

91. Iberia Airlines
Spanish national airline Iberia advertises its service to Cuba with a cartoon
featuring dark-skinned Cuban women in bikinis bottle-feeding a tourist baby
as he sings, "Feed me, mulattas ... come on, little mamas, take me to my
crib." The women then transport the baby to the beach, dance for him, and
massage him. After an outcry, the commercials are pulled.

93. British Airways Part 2
On a British Airways flight from New Delhi to London, first-class passenger
Paul Trinder wakes up from a nap to find the corpse of a woman who had died
in the economy cabin being placed in the seat next to him. Upon complaining
about the incident, Trinder - a gold-level frequent flier who logs 200,000
miles a year with the airline - says he is told he will not be compensated and
should just "get over it."

94. World Toilet Association
Funny, that's what Larry Craig calls stall No. 2 at the Minneapolis airport
Sim Jae-Duk, a South Korean lawmaker and the founder of the World Toilet
Association, unveils a $1.6 million home built in the shape of a loo. Sim, who
claims to have been born in a lavatory, names the house Haewoojae, which
means "a place of sanctuary where one can solve one's worries."