Essay
Why Credit Sweets Exists
A launch note on tombstones, the deals that never earned one, and why the second kind tends to teach more.
By Credit Sweets · · 4 min read
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Independent investigative financial journalism
Every successful deal has a tombstone.Every failed deal has a story.We’re interested in the second one.
Independent reporting on the acquisitions that never closed, strategies that never materialized, and people left to pick up the pieces.
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From the editors
On the desk
All reports →Our first investigations are in progress. These are editorial previews with working titles. They are not published findings.
Abandoned Acquisition
In research
The Merger That Stayed a Mockup
Adobe and Figma terminated their merger in 2023. We're assessing what the breakup left behind for both sides.
Editorial preview. Working title. Not yet reported or published.
Abandoned Project
In research
Long Island City, Short Engagement
Amazon cancelled its planned New York headquarters in 2019. We're following up on what became of Long Island City.
Editorial preview. Working title. Not yet reported or published.
Abandoned Acquisition
In research
The Deal That Couldn't Find Its Dock
Amazon's acquisition of iRobot was terminated in 2024. We're tracing what followed, through the restructuring of 2025–2026.
Editorial preview. Working title. Not yet reported or published.
What we investigate
Only things that were announced and never happened. Deals that closed and merely disappointed are someone else’s beat.
No. 01
Abandoned Acquisitions
Announced, celebrated, and terminated before closing. The press release survived; the deal did not.
No. 02
Failed Expansions
New markets, new campuses, new continents, unveiled with conviction and retired without ceremony.
No. 03
Shelved Initiatives
The transformational strategy that was the future until, one quarter, it wasn’t mentioned anymore.
No. 04
Broken Partnerships
Joint ventures and alliances that came apart before delivering what the slide deck promised.
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The Bitter Aftertaste
A weekly editorial roundup of deals left at the altar, strategies quietly retired, and what the people involved learned (or didn’t). Short. Sourced. Mildly unforgiving.
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Worked on a deal that died in diligence? Watched a flagship initiative get quietly unplugged? We’d like to hear how it really went. We can discuss keeping your name out of it.
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