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Re:Credit Karma Has Raised $175M on a Valuation of $3.5B by foobarqux on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @03:08PM (#9766964)
I suspect if you removed Sarbanes-Oxley the effect would be marginal: The primary reason to avoid going public is to be able to operate independently of the pressure from public investors and the media.
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Re:Credit Karma Has Raised $175M on a Valuation of $3.5B by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @05:52PM (#9768092)
Honestly, I'm surprised Google and Apple haven't started massive stock buyback programs with the cash they're throwing up so they're no longer beholden to shareholders.
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