criterion's squib of the year

From today's Criterion column in The Australian:

"Our squib of the year accolade goes to once-alluring IT security house Nexbis, whose dream run with the day traders ended when management was eventually forced to confess that lucrative contracts in Malaysia and China were not as rock-solid as earlier implied."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/criterion-matches-markets-wild-year/story-e6frg8zx-1225817143324