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Re: Art? or Theft? or just signs that NPR is damaged.
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Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:24:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
And as a most minor among minor shareholders my opinion doesn't count for much.
(to management, speaking as a shareholder). However (since this tiny thing is
veering off in many different directions) would you agree or disagree with the
assertion that major corps more often than not seem to be run more for the
benefit of management than for the benefit of the stockholders? That's properly
the topic of another thread, but I've said before I think big corps have too
much power today, power which the Founders didn't intend, and I'd reintroduce
personal liability and make other changes to dilute their power.

how about companies that are run for the benefit of the stock/shareholders to
the detriment of service to the customer? This is endemic in companies that
supply services to the public sector, especially where the service was
previously 'in-house' examples of this are common on the railways in the uk.

Tim



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  Re: Art? or Theft? or just signs that NPR is damaged.
 
(...) How about them? In a free market, they won't be in business very long, will they? (...) Perhaps you can elaborate a bit on what exactly you're getting at. (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Art? or Theft? or just signs that NPR is damaged.
 
(...) OK. Fair enough. And as a most minor among minor shareholders my opinion doesn't count for much. (to management, speaking as a shareholder). However (since this tiny thing is veering off in many different directions) would you agree or (...) (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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