Spotlight

A look back at business news stories of the past including terrible decisions, lawsuits, corruption, company collapses and more.

Apple founder Steve Wozniak
Who is Steve Wozniak? The story of the Apple founder
Whatnews
Wearing orange and needing an inhaler – The strangest reasons people were fired
Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri
The top 10 Indian footballers of all time and how much they made
Colonel Sanders
The great entrepreneurs who failed hugely before succeeding
The collapsed Sampoong Department Store
500 died in shopping centre collapse because boss chose money over safety
Coca Cola cans
The “New Coke” disaster that led to 400,000 complaints and a quick reversal
Fried chicken
Eat chicken with your hands, always smile and don’t let donkeys sleep in your bath – Weird laws from around the world
Fast food menu
The secrets behind mouth-watering fast food commercials
Siemens HQ
The Siemens global bribery scandal saw the company fined $1.6 billion
Mansa Musa, possibly the richest man who's ever lived
Mansa Musa: The wealthiest man who ever lived had so much gold it crashed in value
Apple inc headquarters building
The world’s most profitable companies and who is behind them
IPL cricket
The top 10 Google searches in India in 2022
Elon Musk's headshot
11 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About Elon Musk
KitKat
Why did Kit Kat lose a court case vs the EU?
The pacemaker, fireworks and potato chips – these products were all invented by accident
Whitney Wolfe Herd - CEO of Bumble
International Women’s Day 2023: Billion-dollar businesses you didn’t know were run by women
Bernie Madoff police mugshot
Bernie Madoff: The Fall of a Financial Fraudster
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What Job? How to become a soccer coach in the US
how to become a football coach in the uk
What job? How to become a football coach in the UK
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