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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Best &amp; Worst: Psst! You. In the Pepsi shirt. Wanna buy an illegal corporate secret?]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/13/best-and-worst-psst-you-in-the-pepsi-shirt-wanna-buy-an-illega/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/13/best-and-worst-psst-you-in-the-pepsi-shirt-wanna-buy-an-illega/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/13/best-and-worst-psst-you-in-the-pepsi-shirt-wanna-buy-an-illega/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/launches/" rel="tag">Launches</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ko/" rel="tag">Coca-Cola (KO)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/pep/" rel="tag">PepsiCo (PEP)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/best-and-worst-2006/" rel="tag">Best and Worst 2006</a></p><p><em><img id="vimage_2" alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2006/12/dumbest-moments-in-business-200a120106.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />This post is written as part of AOL Money &amp; Finance's Best &amp; Worst 2006. To crown Joya as one of the laughingstocks of the corporate world this year or to see other dumbest moments in business, </em><a href="http://money.aol.com/best-and-worst-in-money-2006/dumbest-moment-in-business"><em>go here</em></a><em>.</em></p>
<p>It's a really tough year for mediocre corporate scandals, you know the ones: options backdating, restated earnings. Yawn. No other year in memory has been so excellent as fodder for the BloggingStocks-sponsored musical (you know we're going to win a dozen Tonys): <em>The Really Stupid Corporate Spy Who Loved Me</em>. It's kind of a mouthful, but just wait until you hear it set to music.<br /><br />And wait until you get to the opening scene, <a href="http://ko.bloggingstocks.com/2006/07/06/more-details-on-coke-pepsi-corporate-espionage-case/">Amey Stone has already written some of the dialogue</a>. It's set in a park somewhere in the city of Atlanta (envision: 1996 Olympics logo still visible in the background). There are some people in dark trench coats and red polo shirts, handing off a box of Girl Scout cookies to some people in dark trench coats and bright blue polo shirts. Inside? The secret recipe to Coca-Cola.<br /><br />The <a href="http://ko.bloggingstocks.com/2006/07/06/more-details-on-coke-pepsi-corporate-espionage-case/">real story is nearly just as much fun</a>. Joya Williams, an administrative assistant, called someone at PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) claiming to be a Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) executive. Named "Dirk." [Shivers of love over how adorably stupid this all is!] She offered to sell a number of trade secrets, including a sample of a new Coca-Cola beverage, to the company's rivals. The FBI then got involved and stuffed cash in a box of Girl Scout cookies to do the handoff. Now? The poor woman's going on trial for stealing trade secrets and confidential documents in January.<br /><br /></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/13/best-and-worst-psst-you-in-the-pepsi-shirt-wanna-buy-an-illega/">Best &amp; Worst: Psst! You. In the Pepsi shirt. Wanna buy an illegal corporate secret?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/13/best-and-worst-psst-you-in-the-pepsi-shirt-wanna-buy-an-illega/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/711088/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/13/best-and-worst-psst-you-in-the-pepsi-shirt-wanna-buy-an-illega/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>coca-cola</category><category>coca-cola secret recipe</category><category>Coca-colaSecretRecipe</category><category>coke</category><category>coke is it</category><category>coke recipe</category><category>coke secret recipe</category><category>CokeIsIt</category><category>CokeRecipe</category><category>CokeSecretRecipe</category><category>joya williams</category><category>JoyaWilliams</category><category>ko</category><category>pep</category><category>pepsi</category><category>pepsico</category><category>recipe</category><category>secret</category><category>secret recipe</category><category>SecretRecipe</category><category>trade secret</category><category>TradeSecret</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
