“I don't think that Mitt Romney can legitimately say that he learned anything about how to create jobs in the LBO (leveraged buyout) business. The LBO business is about how to strip cash out of old, long-in-the-tooth companies and how to make short-term profits. All the jobs that he talks about came from Staples. That was a very early venture stage deal. That, you know they got out of long before it got to its current size.” ThinkingKnowsLongJobsTermDealsCompanyStageRepublicanSizeProfitCurrentsTeethCashVentureShort TermRomneyStaples Author:David Stockman
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“This is an opportunity, I believe, for the Port and all of us to make a bold statement about how oil companies contribute to climate change, oil spills and other environmental disasters and reject this short-term lease.” OpportunityTermChangeCompanyClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeOilDisasterStatementsRejectsShort TermPortSpillsOil CompaniesLeaseOil Spill Author:Ed Murray
“The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.” CountryBigsTermLinesCompanyBottomBottom LineShort TermBig Companies Author:Alexandra Paul
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