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Re:Alaska Airlines to Buy Virgin America for $2.6B by sangnoir on Monday April 04, 2016 @05:49PM (#11425998)
> you wouldn't want foreign airlines giving their governments information about military and VIP movements

Just how magical is the the extra 2% that takes one from an "OK/freiendly" 49% foreign shareholder to a 51% (or 50% +1?) "oh no, intel stealer!". I sort-of understand the control argument, but not the secrecy argument you are making doesn't hold up.

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Re:Alaska Airlines to Buy Virgin America for $2.6B by RockyMcNuts on Monday April 04, 2016 @11:44PM (#11427628)
it was tongue in cheek, but yeah, that 2% (or .01%) to go from junior partner to running the show is pretty magical. (ask a game theorist, or Al Gore!)
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