wow that’s some serious money, oh well, you know what they say about a fool and his money
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I think most miss the point about the Baker deal “failing”. I think it was the plan all along. Rather than buying out a competitor to eliminate competition for $35 billion.
Hal was able to render Baker useless for $.10 on the dollar.
got it ! don’t mention the 3.5 billion, mums the word, ixnay on the three and a half illionba, keep it on the down low, the 3.5 billion is not an open topic on your forum, no discussion please, righy-oh
If Hal hadn't give $3.5 Billion to Baker Hughes they would have found some other way to waste it. It's gone and it ain't coming back, so I say again its old news. This is supposed to be a forum for current layoff news not rehashing a costly mistake made three years ago. If the fat man is so smart why didn't he stop the merger when he had a chance? Everybody within the company knew it was destined to be a failure.
Ditto ? holy cow, who says ditto anymore ?
the barkey you say ! the relevance of this matter is neither dependent upon its age or history but its value to the organization and since money does have a time value this would seemingly then stand in defiance of the term “old news” , so as opposed to merely tacit approval via apathy be different and take a stand. the path to self righteousness is often paved with stepping stones and free to take. those who seek the past will truly know history.
Ditto!
So what? That’s old news