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balderdashtoday at 1:42 PM1 replyview on HN

why would you think a public traded company behaves any better than a privately owned one?


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itaketoday at 5:20 PM

My understanding is people don't like the PE / LBO with a single investor, because it loads the company with debt that it pays back via cutting quality and service offerings.

My assumption is publicly traded company would have access to better financing terms and a diverse set of investors with less "hunger" the financial shenanigans the PE investors have.

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