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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Best &amp; Worst of 2007: Dumbest moments in business]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/twx/" rel="tag">Time Warner (TWX)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketing-and-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing and Advertising</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nws/" rel="tag">News Corp'B' (NWS)</a></p><p><em><iframe align="left" src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1512&amp;view=127244&amp;pollId=127344&amp;channel=aol_us_personalfinance&amp;popup=yes" frameborder="0" width="229" scrolling="no" height="190"></iframe>This post was part of AOL Money &amp; Finance's <a href="http://money.aol.com/special/best-and-worst-2007"><strong>Best &amp; Worst of 2007</strong></a>. Voting has now closed and readers have chosen <strong><a href="http://money.aol.com/special/best-and-worst-2007/winners?photo=5">JetBlue's blunder</a></strong> as the dumbest business moment of the year.</em><em> Let us know in the comments if you are pleased with this result.</em></p>
<p><img alt="Dumbest moments in business" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/11/bw-07-186-dumbest-business-move-cs112007.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />So many dumb moments in business in 2007, so little space. This year had everything from the torturous dance between Rupert Murdoch's <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/news-corporation/nws/nys">News Corp.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/news-corporation/nws/nys">NWS</a>) and the Bancroft family over the future of <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/dow-jones-and-company-inc/dj/nys">Dow Jones &amp; Co.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/dow-jones-and-company-inc/dj/nys">DJ</a>) to the almost weekly Chinese toy recalls to the collapse of the subprime mortgage markets. Let's not forget the <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/jetblue-airways-corporation/jblu/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">JetBlue Airways Corp.</a> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/jetblue-airways-corporation/jblu/nas?tabs=quotesandnews"> JBLU</a>) <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/02/20/jetblues-ceo-needs-to-quit-apologizing/">Valentine's Day Massacre </a>that left thousands stranded on airport runways for hours during a snowstorm, or <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/whole-foods-market-inc/wfmi/nas">Whole Foods Market Inc</a>. (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/whole-foods-market-inc/wfmi/nas">WFMI</a>) Chief Executive John Mackey's anonymous chatroom postings about his company on message boards.</p>
<p>Sure, those stories may have been gloriously idiotic in their own way, but none of them had anything to do with a wacky cartoon featuring <a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10890113/detail.html">a talking milk shake, order of fries, and wad of meat</a>.</p>
<p>If the stars of the <a href="http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/">"The Aqua Teen Hunger Force"</a> don't ring a bell with you, don't feel bad because they didn't ring a bell with the Boston Police Department either. For those who've never heard of the show, the Aqua Teens are the obnoxious "Master Shake," the cerebral "Frylock," and the dimwitted "Meatwad." Originally, they were supposed to be some sort of detectives. Most shows, though, they just hang out in their dilapidated house and torment their ultra-hairy neighbor named Carl. Among the minor characters are two slacker aliens called the Moonites who look like they dropped out of a video game from the 1980s.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Best &amp; Worst of 2007: Dumbest moments in business</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/">Best &amp; Worst of 2007: Dumbest moments in business</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:10:00 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.thebostonchannel.com/news/10890113/detail.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1047562/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/02/best-and-worst-of-2007-dumbest-moments-in-business/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>adult swim</category><category>Aqua Teen Hunger Force</category><category>Cartoon Network</category><category>dj</category><category>frylock</category><category>guerilla marketing</category><category>Interference Inc</category><category>master shake</category><category>meatwad</category><category>nws</category><category>twx</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Berr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
