Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I was wanting a "Trix are for kids!"-type line right after that.
That was what I was thinking too, but inspiration did not strike. The
whole subject just makes me too sad. WSJ did a poll the other day
and more than 75% of the respondents thought the bailout
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, John Williams wrote:
> Bruce Bostwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>> Except they're not major stockholders anymore. Private ownership is
>> onlt 20% of AIG's stock now, the Fed owns 80% and thus can veto any
>> shareholder buyout if it wants to. (Unless that changed in the pas
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:03 PM, John Williams wrote:
>
>> We had AIG turn down three offers to buy the company because they
>> thought they would get a better deal from the government. It turned
>> out they didn't get the better deal from the government.
Bruce Bostwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Except they're not major stockholders anymore. Private ownership is
> onlt 20% of AIG's stock now, the Fed owns 80% and thus can veto any
> shareholder buyout if it wants to. (Unless that changed in the past
> few days and I missed it.)
It is ironic,
On 25/09/2008, at 10:37 PM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:03 PM, John Williams wrote:
>
>> We had AIG turn down three offers to buy the company because they
>> thought they would get a better deal from the government. It turned
>> out they didn't get the better deal from the gover
On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:03 PM, John Williams wrote:
> We had AIG turn down three offers to buy the company because they
> thought they would get a better deal from the government. It turned
> out they didn't get the better deal from the government. Now the
> stockholders suddenly woke up and s
John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I thought that some might find this transcript interesting.
> Paul Krugman and Allan Meltzer actually agree on something!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4s9tgj
Thanks for the link! That was an interesting interview. I think
Meltzer made a good point here:
ALLAN MELTZE
I thought that some might find this transcript interesting.
Paul Krugman and Allan Meltzer actually agree on something!
http://tinyurl.com/4s9tgj
john
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