The settlement ends the firm's disastrous foray into municipal finance.

The worst mistake was a disastrous foray into credit cards, auto loans and other consumer lending.

And while the Corning authors discuss dark episodes, including the company's disastrous foray into medical testing, they are undeniably fond of their subject.

Who can forget their disastrous foray into literature with "Daisy Miller"?

The company is also reeling from a disastrous foray into "guaranteed investment contracts," which are long-term annuities that assured high returns to buyers.

That involved disastrous forays into real estate, stocks and other speculative assets.

Some people say they think he should as a way to pay down the debt the company incurred in its disastrous foray into financial services in the 1980's.

Prudential Securities' problems from its disastrous foray into limited partnership sales in the 1980's are not over yet.

It was later attacked as a "disastrous foray into international asset management" as he had sold at close to a 20-year low.

It made a disastrous foray into toy stores with the purchase of K B Toys in 1996, analysts say.