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Oops, they did it again
From the accounting woes and eventual demise of Enron to the pulling of J.C. Penney's provocative ads, 2001 was a blunder-ful year for American companies.

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Bank policy may limit immediate withdrawal amount

Top Corporate blunders of 2001
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The Year in Business
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Another defeat in the resume lying game
What do Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis, former Oregon congressman Wes Cooley, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., one-time Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke, television evangelist Pat Robertson and George O'Leary, the Notre Dame football coach for five days, have in common?

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Loose change
CRAZED FOR GLAZED: Krispy Kreme set off a feeding frenzy in Mississauga, Ontario, this month when it opened its first doughnut shop in Canada. Six people camped out overnight. Cars were backed up for nearly a mile. One customer drove an hour to get there; others waited in line an hour. "It's almost cultish," restaurant consultant Geoff Wilson said. "People take them home and gorge on them."



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