> Erika wrote: > I'd be interested to know just how many of our big "American" companies are > actually already in the hands of overseas investors
The more interesting aspect is "PEGs" or private equity groups. Robert has been referring to the Wall Street guys as "master of the universe" but, imo, it's the PEGs. They've owned or own companies like Burger King, Toys r US, Continental Airlines, et al They buy up all the shares, rehabilitate the company, and then leave. Mitt Romney started one of the biggies, Bain Capital. And they have their associated consulting arm, the white shoe Bain & co. Blackstone, Texas Pacific Group, Silver Lake Partners, Thomas Lee, The Carlyle group (the republican military industrial complex peg), and many others. It's pretty shocking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269913 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
