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Accenture Is No Match for Tiger

MARANA, Ariz. -- A good thing, according to a crusty local character, about the Accenture World Match Play Championship being played a week earlier than in previous years, is fewer snakes.That's only partially comforting because still fresh in many minds is the warning given last year to anyone leaving Dove Mountain after...

Game On: Tiger Gets Boost From a Big Sponsor

(Jan. 5) -- In the wake of revelations about his personal life, Tiger Woods has lost corporate sponsors, friends and fans. But not everyone has abandoned the golfing prodigy. EA Sports announced today that it will release a new video game this month titled Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. As the company's president, Peter...

Woods Scandal Costs Shareholders Billions

(Dec. 28) -- Infidelity has its price. Just ask shareholders of Nike, Pepsi and EA Sports, three of Tiger Woods' biggest corporate benefactors. According to a new study by economists at the University of California Davis, the Woods scandal has cost those who own stock in the golfer's chief sponsors an estimated $12...

Accenture Drops Tiger Woods

The fallout continues for Tiger. Accenture, the management-consulting firm that has featured Tiger Woods prominently in its marketing campaigns since 2003, announced Sunday that it is ending its association with the 33-year-old golfer. In a statement, the company said Woods "is no longer the right representative" for...