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GREED is Good

carl — 9/15/2008 4:24:22 PM (archived)

Or GOD depending on who you talk to, wait til more of these Fortune 500 companies go belly up and see who bails 'em out.

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Can someone help me understand the Merrill Lynch, Bank of America deal. - Bowser - 9/15/2008 3:40:06 PM
- You can write off the losses? - Lindy - 9/15/2008 10:07:59 PM
- Bank of America paid more because despite it all ML fits well with its financial services empire - z - 9/15/2008 6:48:00 PM
  - But it's not as if anyone else would/could buy it. No bidding war of which I'm aware. - Bowser - 9/15/2008 8:23:11 PM
- GREED is Good - carl - 9/15/2008 4:24:22 PM
  - Well, yabbut... - McFly - 9/15/2008 5:19:26 PM

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