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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
4. And people wonder why 25,000 plus human beings get laid off because as the two
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 08:14 AM
Oct 2016

Last edited Mon Oct 24, 2016, 08:44 AM - Edit history (1)

oligarchies have said its about synergy, and market capitalization of the product.
Code words to raise the price of the product to the consumer because Wall Street and the stakeholders want to maximize the shareholder value and then everyone is sold it's better for the economy and free trade------------------------right

History----HBO was priced in the late 1970's on your cable provider at $4.00 per month through Time Warner
Now you get a one time $25.00 credit card to have it joined on your $125.00 service provider like Directv, and Dish is $50 one time credit card -----------------so do the math. Out of programming you have at least 60 programs selling you a church or pots and pans, or how to flip a house, or cooking, or to watch some tycoon take his classic and spend thousands.
While Free Speech TV, Vice, Pivot, PBS ( bastardized by republicans starting in the 1980's, because they said it was left wing pinko programming, and then out of the blue, corporations from the right started supporting it Like Art Pope and Koch's).

While young woman are being thrown to ground in North Dakota by a Wisconsin sheriff protesting the desecration of the sacred land and the water they need to live off of and everyone else down stream


syn·er·gy
ˈsinərjē/Submit
noun
the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
"the synergy between artist and record company"
synonyms: cooperative interaction, cooperation, combined effort, give and take
"there's no synergy between the two, so no costs are saved"


http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marketcapitalization.asp

"What is 'Market Capitalization'
Market capitalization refers the total dollar market value of a company's outstanding shares. Commonly referred to as "market cap," it is calculated by multiplying a company's shares outstanding by the current market price of one share. The investment community uses this figure to determine a company's size, as opposed to using sales or total asset figures."


So the slight of hand begins, on how many shares are created, instead of using sales and total asset figures

To bad the justice department and the other agencies would reinstate the Sherman Anti Trust Act, that Ronnie ray gun eviscerated

https://quizlet.com/1677721/apush-ch24-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/111672811/sherman-antitrust-act-flash-cards/

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