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- From: "Mr. Zoon" <zoon@stumpworld.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Buy Amiga <Stock> Was: Carl Sassenreuth at VIScorp
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:31:31 -0400
- Organization: Stumpworld Systems
- Message-ID: <3177F823.9BB@stumpworld.com>
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- Fabian Jimenez wrote:
- >
- > Joshua A Johnson (fate@grove.ufl.edu) wrote:
- > : Lee (lee@insync.net) wrote:
- > : : >Why not have every Amiga user on the planet buy 1 share of VIScorp
- > : : >stock? We would probably be a majority... for once ;-)
- >
- > : : >Pete Wason
- > : : >aka Mr. Zoon ~8▐
- >
- > : This is actually NOT a good plan. When a company sells stock for the first
- > : time (IPO), they sell a predetermined amount of stock at a slightly below
- > : market value to Stock Brokers. This guarantees the company sells ALL of the
- > : issues of stock. The Major Stock Brokers then bear the responsibility in
- > : selling the issues (of course at a few dollar(s) above what they paid for
- > : it).
- > --
- > I would also add, looking at their prospectus that they have 21 million
- > shares held internally with only a million in float. We couldn't
- > "control" them unless the principal shareholder(s) were to sell their
- > stock to us. Plus, I don't think there are enough Amiga users to buy 21
- > million shares.
- >
- > +-----------+ Fabian Jimenez
- > Amiga | ,,, | fabian@cais.com
- > 3000 | (o o) | IRC #NiteFlite
- > --------+oOO-(_)-OOo+-------------------
- >
- > "It's hard to sing with an empty glass."
- > -Irish Proverb-
-
-
- It was just a thot, kidz....
- Thanks for doing my homework for me!
-
- Pete ~8▐ "Screaming along at 7/14 Mhz and loving every second of it"
- HNP/SWS
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