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Greenmailers like Icahn contend that acquisitions serve a useful purpose by ousting incompetent managers who fail to make the most of a company's assets. He argues that if antigreenmail laws are enacted, they should be accompanied by measures to ensure that bad bosses cannot entrench themselves at the expense of shareholders. Actually, it is usually the stockholders, who do not have the same opportunity to sell their stock at a premium price, who are hurt by greenmail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merger Rules | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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