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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.computers, aus.electronics, aus.politics |
| Subject | Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time |
| Date | 2016-01-09 19:27 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <dfbuirF76lhU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <n6p9lf$vuu$1@dont-email.me> <n6pj6o$t52$1@dont-email.me> <n6ppas$lgk$1@dont-email.me> <dfblq9F57rkU1@mid.individual.net> <n6qan1$7if$1@dont-email.me> |
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"Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> wrote in message news:n6qan1$7if$1@dont-email.me... > > > "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:dfblq9F57rkU1@mid.individual.net... >> >> >> "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> wrote in message >> news:n6ppas$lgk$1@dont-email.me... >>> >>> >>> "Fran Farmer" <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> wrote in message >>> news:n6pj6o$t52$1@dont-email.me... >>>> On 9/01/2016 8:30 AM, Pelican wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Fran Farmer" <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:n6o34n$h3t$1@dont-email.me... >>>>>> On 8/01/2016 6:06 PM, Truth and honesty wrote: >>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 17:56:42 +1100, Pelican wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Fran Farmer" <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:n6nlgs$r1p$4@dont-email.me... >>>>>>>>> On 8/01/2016 11:42 AM, Vote 99% Greens wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Posted on 29 Oct 2015 by Matt Ryan >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time >>>>>>>>>> Want to know how to turn $10m in to $520m in less than two years? >>>>>>>>>> Just >>>>>>>>>> ask >>>>>>>>>> Anchorage Capital. The private equity group has pulled off one of >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> great >>>>>>>>>> heists of all time, using all the tricks in the book, to turn >>>>>>>>>> Dick >>>>>>>>>> Smith >>>>>>>>>> from a $10m piece of mutton into a $520m lamb. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you for a very interesting post. I'd heard part of that on >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> radio so it was fascinating to see more detail. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Always good to see a new fiction writer emerging. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You are not wrong, its mainly fiction. >>>>>> >>>>>> So why is even Dick Smith commenting on the greed of the private >>>>>> eqity >>>>>> group owned it for 18 months and floated it for $400 million mroe >>>>>> than >>>>>> they bough it for? >>>>> >>>>> Where does greed come into it? >>>> >>>> I assume that Dick thinks a $400 million profit in 18 months is greedy, >>>> but you'll have to ask him to know what he had in mind. >>> >>> You should do that. You referred to it. >>> >>>>> If the story is true, what was >>>>> Woolworths doing in selling an asset at a very substantial discount? >>>>> >>>>>> If you think that's not a huge heist, can I join in your next bank >>>>>> robbery? >>>>> >>>>> The exercise was a standard asset-stripping exercise. >>>> >>>> Yes. a huge profit in 8 months. >>>> >>>>> At this stage, >>>>> there haven't been any suggestions that there is anything untoward >>>>> about >>>>> what was done, certainly no criminal offence like a bank robbery, >>>>> other >>>>> than by those suffering from envy. >>>> >>>> Really? I doubt that Dick smith is green with envy but not surprised >>>> that you wouldn't think there was anything untoward. >>> >>> Dick Smith isn't involved in any way, and doesn't have any information >>> about the transaction that is not available elsewhere. >> >> But has pointed out the scam involved using that information. > > Yeah, public information. Irrelevant to him pointing out that scam/ripoff.
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Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Vote 99% Greens" <VoxPoop@spammail.com> - 2016-01-08 11:42 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-01-08 16:54 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-08 17:40 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-08 17:56 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Truth and honesty <TruthandHonesty@bluetooth.com.au> - 2016-01-08 18:06 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-08 21:33 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 08:30 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-09 11:13 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-09 11:25 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 12:59 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:57 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 17:55 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 19:27 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-09 18:22 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 18:27 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-09 18:44 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 18:46 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 12:58 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:57 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 17:54 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 19:27 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-09 18:28 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 18:37 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 18:38 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:55 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:53 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 17:53 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 19:26 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 18:18 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 19:33 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 21:24 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 08:34 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 10:13 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 15:34 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 15:59 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 17:05 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:29 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 16:36 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:45 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Pelican" <water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir> - 2016-01-09 17:48 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 19:22 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:28 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-08 18:26 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 22:00 +1000
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-09 08:03 +1100
Re: Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 16:48 +1100
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