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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by fnord77 on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:20AM (#29459996)
the final coffin nail for SPACs?
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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by wtf_is_up on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:22AM (#29461651)
No - just like the previous dozens of times comments like this have been posted.
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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:22AM (#29460777)
If anything, it seems like SPACs are the new IPOs. Everyone wants one.
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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by IAmGraydon on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:50AM (#29461174)
They aren’t new. They’ve been around since the 1990s. There has definitely been a resurgence though, fueled by retail traders looking for volatile and highly levered equities.
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