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RandySF

(58,929 posts)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:27 PM Oct 2012

Romney testimony: Estimated Staples had 25% of survival.

Romney also suggested in another section of his testimony that he believed in the late 1980s that Staples had only a 25% chance of survival — a somewhat surprising comment given how central his investment in Staples has been to the narrative of his career as a master investor, and even to the video that introduced him at the Republican National Convention this year.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/mitt-romneys-blunt-talk-on-venture-capital

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Romney testimony: Estimated Staples had 25% of survival. (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2012 OP
I think there's something in there to the effect that most companies hedgehog Oct 2012 #1
Well, if we can't nail him with outright lies, something like this won't even touch him. nt thereismore Oct 2012 #2

hedgehog

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1. I think there's something in there to the effect that most companies
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:31 PM
Oct 2012

involved end up getting dismantled (looted).

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