Consider the fate of rivals like Bank of America, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, where having the same person serve as chairman and chief executive impeded the ability of the board and other executives to challenge decisions.
The MRJ is said to be technically a good plane, but like the other new contenders it has failed so far to get a critical mass of orders.A similar fate, its rivals hope, may befall Bombardier, which wants to move up from regional jets to full-sized airliners with its CSeries.
The bank is in the early stages of negotiations with the British Treasury over participation in the toxic asset protection program, but it's eager to avoid the fate of rivals Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, which issued equity to the state to help fund the cost of the program.
Perhaps that is because it is now more interested in the fate of rival Kia, South Korea's third-largest car maker.
Could easyJet face the same fate as rival BMI, which began a service to Tripoli in February and cancelled it 24 hours later?
It has been investing in developing its popular Nook e-reader, launched in 2009, in a bid to remake itself as a digital bookseller and avoid the fate of rival Borders Group Ltd, which filed for bankruptcy protection in February.
How about this for risky: Madrid's fate is in rivals Barcelona's hands; Barcelona's fate is in rivals Madrid's hands, and probably rivals Espanyol's too; and Atlético's fate is in their own.
The McMahons, however, envisioned a national wrestling empire, and at times showed little concern for the fates of rival promoters who stood in their way.
Its highly profitable chip business has suffered the same fate as its rivals' and the 4,000 job losses announced are likely to fall heaviest on these operations.Infineon, Europe's second-biggest chip maker, sold new shares worth euro1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) to finance new investment and pay off some debt.
The fate of the rival Congress was summed up by the fact that Rahul Gandhi, who headed the ruling party's campaign, was fighting to hold onto his own seat in the Uttar Pradesh district of Amethi.
