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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Oh no….. anyway…….

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Then claw it back from the fraudulent CEO and their board of flunkees.

I believe several stocks are a complete grift and that CNBC, at the behest of whichever Hedge Fund/Market Maker greases them, is part of the disinformation dissemination scamming investors/swaying sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE POOR CORPORATIONS????"

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not an astronaut stuck in space. I'm not too worried about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There was an article recently that was clearly just PR about how they're not concerned being stuck up there because there's so much to do and the views are amazing and so on.

Sure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

The might read this, so I am hoping they do make it safely back here. But yeah, wtf was that all about? They're fine! They are busy and have food for 3 months and such.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

More like avocado hitmen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Cramer is a crackpot moron anyway, so who the fuck cares about his shitty opinions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Locally you can usually find places that help low-income people learn to budget their money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Capitalism as it is supposedly "intended" say whuuuut? O.O /s

Solidarity to all the workers at Boeing!

[–] AShadyRaven 5 points 3 months ago

if your business requires government funding in order to function, your business should be a government agency instead of a business

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The only reason i would keep them alive is to not cost all the shopfloor their jobs. Can all the executives though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately, as someone screwed over by the Recession, I can assure you that that's not how it works. The executives get bonuses that they can use to buy up investments for cheap and everyone else gets pink slips.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Jim upset because he's probably got a looooot of stock in them. Get bent loser, hope you net losses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

In the finance world it's called share buybacks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

You know, I caught a few minutes of his show. my grandparents were into it, I guess. Not that they ever made money off his tips, or anything. The reality is his show was a coke fueled investment-related infomercial. Like the shamwow guy, but shorter and bald-er

(in the 90's he gave an interview about how as a fund manager or whatever, he'd pay the press to run hit pieces, even. now he is the hit piece.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's stopping the government from buying boeing for pennies once it's bankrupt?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Mostly this:

Our national motto really should be "profit over people."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I love the 'quotation' marks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

For once in my life if this happens, I'll have a slightly less cynical view of the world.

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