The failed investments included financing Leonardo the Musical in 1993, which was a financial failure.

With the encouragement of my father - now 82 and living in New Jersey - I decided to learn more about his failed investment.

Huge write-downs on failed investments and the sale of unprofitable assets were mainly responsible.

After first denying any wrongdoing, the company recently admitted the payments were made to cover up historic losses on failed investments.

After some failed investments abroad, Seiji has retreated to the world of literature.

The company also wrote off more than $1 billion worth of failed investments in water companies, broadband trading and retail electricity sales.

Amazon took $350 million in losses between 2000 and 2002 for its failed investments in dot-com companies.

The plan would also expose each worker to the risk of failed investments.

In the end, Scrooge deems the solvent as a failed investment.

Traditionally, venture capitalists count on a few big winners to pay for lots of failed investments.