The 101 Dumbest Moments In Business (2006 edition)

[AmericanErrorist]

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9. After stealing $50 million, what's a few papers between friends?
Facing charges alleging that he looted his company of tens of millions of dollars, disgraced ex-CEO Conrad Black returns to Hollinger headquarters in Toronto and makes off with several cartons of files from his former office. A security camera captures the escapade on tape. Faced with a contempt-of-court charge, Black returns the files to Hollinger.

6. Pity. We already lined up Ike Turner to judge next year's event.
Radio station WQHT Hot 97 in New York City runs afoul of New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer with its "Smackfest" promotion, in which young female listeners are pitted against each other in a violent face-slapping contest to win concert tickets and cash prizes. Station owner Emmis Communications agrees to a settlement of $240,000, with $60,000 of the amount going to a local group promoting awareness of domestic violence.

4. Bollocks the yellow moons and green clovers. Get yer fat arse down and be givin' me 50 push-ups, boyo.
Amid a rising tide of child obesity, General Mills launches a campaign that touts the health benefits of not skipping breakfast -- and opting for such famously healthy foods as Cocoa Puffs and Count Chocula. The company even enlists the Lucky Charms leprechaun, who normally sells "frosted oats and colored marshmallows," as part of a new "fitness squad" to explain how breakfast builds muscles and attention spans.

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