Wednesday, February 04, 2004

The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
Fourth annual review of the most shameful, dishonest, and just plain stupid moments of the past year. Richard the First In August, the board of the New York Stock Exchange decides to give CEO Dick Grasso his $139.5 million pension up front, ostensibly to save the estimated $10 million it would cost to deliver the payout at retirement.
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Pop star Janet Jackson -- who is almost as pretty as Pats MVP quarterback Tom Brady -- finished a typically bombastic halftime extravaganza by popping out of her top. It was gratifying, in a way, to note plastic surgery has been good to at least one member of the Jackson family.
Miami Herald writer Greg Cote.
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