After losing the first round of Worst Company In America, Monsanto suffered from low self-esteem and decreased motivation.
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What Would Jesus Do in a Suit?
By 5.4.06
What’s the most unethical thing you’ve ever done in business? There’s a new blog, Ethics Crisis, asking just that and the responses are starting to get interesting. And If the business people aren’t honest with each other, they just might not be honest with their customers, doncha think? Here’s the best one so far:
B2.0’s “101 Dumbest Moments in Business” 2005
By 1.25.06
Join us as we read the Business 2.0 (on CNNMoney) piece, ‘101 Dumbest Moments in Business (2005),’ featuring old favorites like the Sony BMG rootkit scandal and Overstock.com’s Patrick Byrne’s famous “Sith Lord” investor call, as well as new gems like this:Speaking at an ad industry event in…
Overstock.com’s Patrick Byrne Leaks Own Interview
By 1.13.06
Following the ins-and-outs of business is not our forte, but we continue to be enraptured by the kooky CEO of Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne. After making a call to investors where he assured them that he was not, among other things, a Jedi, he’s now followed up by publishing an email interview with Business Week’s e-Business editor Tim Mullaney—before the Business Week article has been published.
Movie Theater Ads “More than $50k per screen anually.”
By 1.9.06
There’s not a ton of new information in Ars Technica’s Peek into movie theater economics, but Ken Fisher does manage to pull out a few bits that were new to us.
PriceGrabber Grabbed for $480 Million
By 12.15.05
Little ol’ PriceGrabber has been picked up by the UK holdings company that also controls Experian for $485 million. How does that affect you, the shopper?
