Suits: A Conference Call That Backfired
87940
With one conference call and one unprintable word, Sallie Maeâs chief executive learned a $3 billion lesson.
755352
There is a lot of unreasonable second-guessing and finger-pointing that goes on in the business world. It just comes with the territory any time mistakes cost money.
599490
The work may have been subcontracted to another firm.
757387
John DeFazio won't miss the 2 a.m. conference calls. Along with colleagues in IBM Corp.'s huge technology services division, DeFazio used to be summoned to the phone whenever a client's computing center hiccuped in the middle of the night.
205086
The event, which usually ends in teary speeches and lavish parties, could end up in court instead.
514697
The bane of dinner party conversation might actually help your returns.
225897
Irregular hors d'ouevres, scheduling mishaps, and the stockbroker's eternal dilemma.
89471
Wall Street's right, but for the wrong reason.
732756
The companyâs lawyers had attempted to gain the upper hand in a patent case by highlighting safety concerns about the companyâs own product.
312433
Sendo sued Microsoft in December 2002, alleging that it had stolen proprietary technology and trade secrets and used them to move into the mobile phone market. Microsoft denied the charges and had filed a countersuit.
685422
Bankruptcy rumors followed by a denial put the lender's shares in flux.
536279
The world didn't end and most calls and messages got through, but the high volume of texting and cellphone calls resulted in a lot of bounce-backs. In a real crisis, this could mean real trouble.
172723
I went into this week&#39;s PeopleSoft Connect user conference expecting to find the shadow of Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover bid casting a pall over the proceedings.
445712
When contact info for Republican delegates got posted on the web, the Department of Justice subpoenaed an ISP, but now seems to be backing off. Ann Harrison reports from New York.
202565
Why is Wall Street incapable of calling things right?
63547
An accidental downpour interrupts a London web conference, but quick thinking saves the day.
288539
Why do well-meaning laws backfire?