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Old 02-29-2024, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss View Post
It happens all the time.

Many car manufacturers produce and sell competing brands. Car rental companies own competing brands. Heck, REA just bought Huggins. It makes no sense to buy a company only to shut it down. My gut is there are synergies/efficiencies they can realize operating both companies, reducing expenses and maximizing production and efficiency. It makes a ton of sense to acquire a competitor to run it as a separate division. It makes no sense to pay good money for a small, relatively non-competitor only to kill it/shut it down.

Peter, I respect your legal conclusions much more than your financial opinions!
Ryan lol. I was thinking about merging it and integrating it, not shutting it down. A year from now we can look back and see which course they took.
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