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. Now the
>> stockholders suddenly woke up and said -- the major stockholders
>> said, "We'd like to buy the company."
>
> 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.)
>
> "I don't know what kind of salad it is. I'm eating a salad, okay?
> I'm doing it. Do I have to know the names? There's no difference
> between them. It's a bowl of weeds. Some of 'em have cheese. This
> isn't the kind with cheese. Does that answer your question?" -- Toby
> Ziegler
And it's certainly not a salad with Cheese Whiz, then!
(Was that one deliberate?)
Julia
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