27th September 2006, 12:35 PM
Quote:That doesn't seem fair though, that a company can be "bought out" just by buying shares.
That's the "price" you pay for getting "free" money.
Quote:Isn't there a way to sell shares, or whatever (as silly a system as that is to begin with, like collector's edition pet rocks raising and lowering in value like the winds), that doesn't put the whole company in danger of a total buyout?
Not sell more than 49% of your stock?
Sometimes you get the scorpion.