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and fueled this takeover phenomena. reich: we romanticize these characters. the fact of the matter is, these are fat cats, first cousins to the financial manipulators, the robber barons of the late 19th century. these guys are out there, they re trying to make a buck by doing nothing. and they re putting people out of work. kent: economists agree that some unemployment, some hardship is unavoidable, in the vitally important process of making the united states lean and mean again what the takeover specialists call corporate restructuring. corporate america needs some kick now and then to become a little bit more efficient, a little bit less entrenched, and that will probably do our economy a lot of good. thursday, goodyear fended off a hostile takeover bid, but victory didn t come cheap. smith: goodyear won by buying back roughly half its stock and taking on a huge debt. plants were closed and workers laid off. the company pays $1 million a day in interest
he s the guy that t. boone pickens goes to and most people haven t heard of him. that s the way he likes it. he doesn t care about publicity and pride. he just cares about doing deals and having power. he was this shadowy howard hughes-like figure that you never saw, you just heard. it was milken s genius that created an entire market and fueled this takeover phenomena. we romanticize these characters. the fact of the matter, these are fat cats, first cousins to the financial manipulators, the robber barons of the late 19th century. they re trying to make a buck by doing nothing and putting people out of work. economists agree that some unemployment, some hardship is unavoidable in making the united states lean and mean again. but the takeover specialists call it corporate restructuring.
it s milken. it was milken s genius that created an entire market and fueled this takeover phenomena. we romanticize these characters. the fact of the matter, these are fat cats, first cousins to the financial manipulators, the robber barons of the late 19th century. they re trying to make a buck by doing nothing and putting people out of work. economists agree that some unemployment, some hardship is unavoidable in making the united states lean and mean again. but the takeover specialists call it corporate restructuring. corporate america needs some kick now and then to become a little more efficient and a little bit less entrenched. and that will probably do our economy a lot of good. thursday, goodyear fended off a hostile takeover bid but victory didn t come cheap. goodyear won by buying back half its stock and taking on a huge debt. plants were closed and workers laid off.
created an entire market and fueled this takeover phenomena. we romanticize these characters. the fact of the matter, these are fat cats, first cousins to the financial manipulators, the robber barons of the late 19th century. they re trying to make a buck by doing nothing and putting people out of work. economists agree that some unemployment, some hardship is unavoidable in making the united states lean and mean again. but the takeover specialists call it corporate restructuring. corporate america needs some kick now and then to become a little more efficient and a little bit less entrenched. and that will probably do our economy a lot of good. thursday, goodyear fended off a hostile takeover bid but victory didn t come cheap. goodyear won by buying back half its stock and taking on a huge debt. plants were closed and workers