1 Eliot Spitzer
Once the poster child for Democratic morals, the New York governor fell from grace – and office – in March when his use of a prostitution ring came to light.
2 GM
The largest US automaker had difficulty making its case to the government and American people. While it had sought to restructure and draw attention to product innovations, GM's troubles remained front-page news.
3 Yahoo
The inability of then-CEO Jerry Yang to hammer out a deal with Microsoft ...