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Dumbest Moments in Business

Updated 5:01 PM EST, Wed December 19, 2012
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Fiscal cliff: Back to the brink everyone —
Photo: Pete Souza/Official White House Photo
A BIG thumbs down for Facebook's IPO —
Courtesy: Facebook
Romney insults 47% of voters —
Mother Jones Video
Apple Maps lead to nowhere —
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Jack Welch's jobs report conspiracy —
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Google sells worthless glowing ball —
Photo: Matthew Sumner/Getty Images
Jamie Dimon's $6 billion 'Whale' —
Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty
Yahoo CEO pads his resume, gets canned —
Courtesy: Yahoo
'Pending Larry' misfires Google's earnings —
From: Twitter; Courtesy: Google
Donald Trump's 'October Surprise' —
If you're trying to score a quick buck, creating fake contracts to bilk a name-brand company out of millions probably isn't the way to go.
Guy who sued Facebook risks 40 years —
If you're trying to score a quick buck, creating fake contracts to bilk a name-brand company out of millions probably isn't the way to go.
Photo: Bob van Voris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Monde-what? That was the response from many observers after Kraft Foods announced plans in March to name its spun-off snacks division "Mondelez International." Kraft said the new name -- prounounced "mohn-dah-LEEZ" -- comes from a combination of the words "monde," derived from the Latin for "world," and "deliz," short for "delicious." But it later emerged that "Mondelez" is pronounced similarly to a Russian phrase describing a sex act. A Mondelez spokesman said that when "pronounced properly," the name "is unmistakable and has no negative connotations."
Kraft's new spin-off: in bad taste? —
Monde-what? That was the response from many observers after Kraft Foods announced plans in March to name its spun-off snacks division "Mondelez International." Kraft said the new name -- prounounced "mohn-dah-LEEZ" -- comes from a combination of the words "monde," derived from the Latin for "world," and "deliz," short for "delicious." But it later emerged that "Mondelez" is pronounced similarly to a Russian phrase describing a sex act. A Mondelez spokesman said that when "pronounced properly," the name "is unmistakable and has no negative connotations."
Courtesy: Mondelez; mandel ngan/afp/getty
Zynga buys fad game maker, loses $96M —
Photo: John R. Coughlin/CNNMoney
Knight's trading glitch: Karma is a bitch —
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
BATS stock exchange bungles its own IPO —
Courtesy: Bats
KitchenAid disses Obama's grandma —
From: Twitter
Best Buy 'outs' customer on Facebook —
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Bravo 'Silicon Valley' sets new 'reality' low —
Courtesy: NBCUniversal
Anti-Obama CEO gives everyone raises —
Courtesy: Westgate
SOPA pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley —
Photo: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images
HP's $8.8 billion Autonomy write-off —
Photo: ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
LinkedIn & Yahoo fail Security 101 —
Photo: Thinkstock
Microsoft's $7 billion whoopsie —
Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Google's massive and miniscule fines —
Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
Romney app promises 'A better Amercia' —
Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Sheldon Adelson's bad election bets —
Photo: Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images
How not to steal 3,600 iPads —
Photo: GLENN CHAPMAN/AFP/Getty Images
Many companies now use Twitter and Facebook to tell their story. Progressive learned the hard way how NOT to use social media.
Progressive learns how to NOT use Twitter —
Many companies now use Twitter and Facebook to tell their story. Progressive learned the hard way how NOT to use social media.
From: Twitter
Groupon still can't do accounting —
Photo: Emily Carter/CNNMoney
Emeril sells German knives (made in China) —
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