CNN Money's Top 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
Posted On Friday, June 22, 2007 at at 6:48 AM by UnknownCNNMoney.com compiled this list of the biggest blunders in the business world. Check it out and read more about each dumb moment at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/101dumbest/2007/full_list/index.html.
1. Wal-Mart: PR campaign (WMT)
2. Northwest Airlines: '101 Ways to Save Money' guide
3. McDonald's: MP3 player giveaway (MCD)
4. GM: User-generated ad campaign (GM)
5. Kazakhstan: Currency
6. Steve Wynn: Picasso
7. New York Times Co.: Customer data (NYT)
8. Spirit Airlines: Hoffa ad campaign
9. Porter County, Ind.: Home values
10. Comcast: Cable repairman (CMCSK)
11. Starbucks: E-mail offer (SBUX)
12. Sony: Flaming computers (SNE)
13. Consumer Safety Products Commission: Laptop advisory
14. Vonage: IPO (VG)
15. Wal-Mart: Andrew Young (WMT)
16. Rising Sun Anger Release Bar: Co-workers
17. Alarm One: Team building
18. Kindergarten teacher turned stripper
19. PBS Kids Sprout network
20. Fiji Water vs. Cleveland
21. FCC in Details Magazine
22. Business Week cover
23. Microsoft: Two products - same name (MSFT)
24. B2/Raytheon: CEO's book (RTN)
25. BBC: Goma interview
26. Greyhound: Dumping incident
27. RadioShack: Layoffs (RSH)
28. National Semiconductor: Gifts (NSM)
29. Hyundai-Kia: Chairman's abject apology
30. Lone Star: Mea culpa
31. Goldman Sachs: Web site (GS)
32. TradingMarkets: Playboy stock contest
33. Heart Attack Grill: Triple bypass burger
34. Antwerp museum: Meat apparel
35. Wal-Mart: Thomas Coughlin (WMT)
36. Catawba County: Google suit
37. Thomsonfly: Lost cellphone
38. Imelda Marcos: Jewelry line
39. Greece: GDP
40. Natural Selection Foods: E.coli
41. Home Depot: Investor conference (HD)
42. MBA candidates: Cheating
43. Paris Hilton: DUI
44. New Lenox mayor: Strip-club tab
45. Cryogenics pioneers: Freezer malfunction
46. UnitedHealth: CEO options (UNH)
47. Comverse: CEO options
48. Cablevision Systems: Options
49. EnBW: Nuclear plant keys
50. H.R. Hargreaves & Son: Ham ingredients
51. Honda: Owner's manuals
52. Oracle: Larry Ellison donation (ORCL)
53. Disney: Winnie the Pooh (DIS)
54. Wal-Mart: Blog (WMT)
55. Richard Hatch: Sentenced
56. AOL: Cancellation call (TWX)
57. AOL: Search queries (TWX)
58. YouTube: Copyright infringement
59. Golden State Warriors: "Ghetto Prom"
60. Egokast.com: Belt buckle
61. Microsoft: Google search (MSFT)
62. DDS Media: Typo
63. TextTrust: Typo
64. Welsh Dragon Sausages: Name change
65. CIA: Comedy Central ad
66. Jessica Simpson: Jeans endorsement
67. Sony PlayStation: Billboard campaign (SNE)
68. Hewlett-Packard: Pretexting (HPQ)
69. Great Britain's Royal Mail: Santa stamp
70. KRON 4: Address change
71. Bausch & Lomb: ReNu recall (BOL)
72. Amazon.com: UCLA e-mail (AMZN)
73. Wal-Mart: Ad agency (WMT)
74. Pearson: SAT scores
75. Time Warner: Wayne Pace (TWX)
76. AirTran: Stranded passengers
77. Bank of America: Training replacements (BAC)
78. McCain Foods: Potatoes
79. Mercedes-Benz: $1.7 million lemon
80. News Corp.: "If I did it" (NWS)
81. McDonald's:"Hummer of a Summer" (MCD)
82. Online video fans: YouTube.com/Utube.com
83. TacoBell: Tainted vegetables
84. Shai: Porn star clothing
85. U.S. Mint: Metal prices
86. Wal-Mart:DVD titles (WMT)
87. AussieBum: Men's underwear
88. Mars: M&M menorahs
89. Hoboken, N.J.: Garage operator
90. Bristol-Myers Squibb: Generics deal (BMY)
91. New York: Crackheadz Gone Wild
92. Michael Eisner: Debut show
93. Stefan Eriksson: String of discoveries
94. Greenville Drive: Mascot
95. NTT: Hackers
96. UCLA: Social Security numbers
97. Home Depot: Drugs (HD)
98. Imagination 69: Treasure hunt
99. Tesco: Peekaboo Pole Dancing Kit
100. Toymaker Spin Master: Kid tattoos
101. Hasbro: Pussycat Dolls (HAS)