Word: fiascoes
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...Iraqi government balked at the Baghdad terms. The only contract signed was a 20-year deal for a consortium led by BP and China's National Petroleum Corporation to develop the giant Rumaila field in southern Iraq. "Frankly I did not think it would be such a fiasco and embarrassment for the government," says Rochdi Younsi, Director of Middle East and Africa for the Eurasia Group in Washington. "It shows the level of disconnect between the Ministry of Oil and the oil companies...
...Speculation that the Google attack was a method of distracting attention from the Green Dam fiasco intensified after a report emerged that Silicon Valley-based Solid Oak Software had sent cease and desist orders warning computer users not to use the Green Dam software, which it said copied parts of one of its programs...
...library community recalls with horror the pricing fiasco that occurred when industry consolidation left academic journals largely in the hands of five publishing companies. The firms hiked subscription prices 227% over a 14-year period, between 1986 and 2002, forcing cash-strapped libraries to drop many subscriptions, according to Van Orsdel. "The chance of the price being driven up in a similar way (in the Google deal) is really very real," she says...
...Tell that to the Boss, Mr. A. "The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you," Bruce Springsteen said after a ticket fiasco in New Jersey in February steered buyers to a secondary market the company owns where tickets were being hawked at up to five times face value. The Boss was so ticked off, he went on to cast his vote against the merger, fearing a music monopoly. (Read a brief history of Ticketmaster...
...serve, so long as they keep their sexual orientation secret. The legislation means that a majority of the 535 members of Congress is going to have to vote to undo the ban - and that will have its political fallout. Obama is plainly taking his cue from the 1993 fiasco, which hurt Clinton's relationship with conservative members of Congress, both Democratic and Republican, and with many in uniform...