We have a hunch that your feelings on the iPhone are going to be a big factor in how you vote in this battle. On one hand, there’s the mobile carrier who has a monopoly on the iPhone. On the other hand, there’s the company that is raking in the money through its iPhone app store monopoly. What’s a fanboy to do? [More]
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Worst Company In America Sweet 16: Anthem BCBS VS GM
By 4.8.10
It’s the bankrupt against the morally bankrupt! In the first round of WCIA 2010, bailed-out car giant GM surprised early prognosticators by handily beating recall-happy Toyota. And in one of the closest fights so far, rate-hike-happy Anthem beat Assurant by an uninsured broken nose. [More]
Worst Company In America Sweet 16: Capital One VS Ticketmaster
By 4.7.10
It’s the face-off of exorbitant fees! In the first round, sports/concert ticket monopoly Ticketmaster thumped NBC. Meanwhile, in a battle of banks, Capital One edged out Chase (I have a feeling it’s the annoying “What’s in your wallet?” ads). [More]
WCIA Media Coverage Coming Fast And Furious
By 4.7.10
The competition for this year’s Worst Company in America contest is heating up, and so is the media coverage of our reader-driven bracket. We were on the early morning show on ABC on Monday and other outlets are taking notice of WCIA as well: [More]
Worst Company In America 2010 Sweet 16: Time Warner Cable VS HP
By 4.6.10
Oh no, the computer doesn’t work! Again! Is the internet out? Or is the laptop on fire? It’s a battle of service vs hardware…. to the death! [More]
Worst Company In America Sweet 16: Bank Of America VS Walmart
By 4.5.10
Now it’s getting tough. Two giants compete for the battle of the biggest. Will it be our biggest retailer? Or our biggest bank? [More]
Behold The 2010 Worst Company In America Round 2 Bracket!
By 4.4.10
Congratulations to Bank of America, Cash4Gold, Anthem BSBC, GM, Apple, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T and more for making it to Round 2 of the competition! [More]
Worst Company in America: Anthem BCBS VS Assurant Health
By 4.2.10
Let’s hope this battle doesn’t require hospitalization for either opponent. In one corner you’ve got Anthem, which needs a 35% rate increase in California, despite making billions in profits. In the other corner is Assurant, who targeted and subsequently dropped HIV patients from its insurance rolls. [More]
Worst Company In America: Apple VS Microsoft
By 4.1.10
It’s time for these two foes to step into the Red Ring of Death. Will Microsoft’s trail of dead Xboxes and too-late knockoffs of iPods and iPhones be enough to get them past Apple, the company that charges you $499 for an oversized iPod Touch and then only lets you use software they approve and sell to you? [More]
Worst Company In America: AT&T VS Verizon
By 4.1.10
It’s a battle of the telecom titans today, as AT&T — better known as the company that didn’t think New Yorkers would actually get iPhones for Christmas and the ones responsible to those ads that made us dislike Luke Wilson — takes on Verizon, home of $350 ETF and those ads that make us want to give the FiOS guy a swirly in the boys room between classes. [More]
Worst Company In America: Comcast VS DirecTV
By 3.31.10
Here we go, folks. It’s DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket monopoly, creepy Chris Farley Ads and draconian enforcement of early termination fees VS well, what can you say about Comcast. They’ve got issues. [More]
Worst Company In America: United VS Continental
By 3.31.10
Another battle in the skies, it’s United, which breaks guitars, vs Continental, which leaves you stranded on the tarmac for so long the DOT actually starts to care. [More]
Worst Company In America: Delta VS US Airways
By 3.30.10
Delta merged with Northwest Airlines and has been having some trouble with little details like “landing in the state of Minnesota without missing it.” US Airways has a stinky plane that sends you to the hospital. [More]
Worst Company In America 2010: AIG VS Cash4Gold
By 3.29.10
Last year’s winner, AIG, takes on a small little company out of Florida. It’s David VS Goliath. [More]
Worst Company In America 2010: Chase VS Capital One
By 3.26.10
Another banking showdown. CapitalOne, notorious for shady fees and now for raising interest rates ahead of the CARD Act, and Chase… well, we suppose this sums up how people feel about the banking giant. [More]
Worst Company In America 2010: HP VS Dell
By 3.25.10
Computer showdown. The black hole that is HP’s warranty repair operation vs Dell’s inability to actually ship stuff a reasonable time after you order it.
Which one makes you want to burn down your own house? Oh wait, they both do! [More]
Worst Company In America 2010: Charter VS Time Warner Cable
By 3.25.10
It’s time for two major cable companies to put the gloves on. In one corner, Time Warner Cable, which has drawn the ire of lawmakers and consumers alike for its love of “consumption based billing,” an idea so wildly unpopular that they had to put it on hold before people got the pitchforks and torches out. [More]
