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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by senthil_rajasek on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:29PM (#31047699)
Can you give some examples? I know one company that had the poison pill provision and did well.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by WalterBright on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:10PM (#31048554)
Two companies I'd invested in and lost my shirt on after the pp. It left a lingering sour taste. I'd rather not name them, I'm still sore about it.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by senthil_rajasek on Saturday April 16, 2022 @08:46AM (#31051873)
That's fair. I am not sure if "poison pill" is the cause of companies going belly up though. Surely, we have contradicting examples.
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