Canada’s largest newspaper chain, Postmedia, is owned by an American hedge fund headed up by a wealthy donor to Donald Trump.

  • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    How about banned from owning any Canadian business? Yes, that includes the hedge fund that owns your org’s parent company too

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      8 days ago

      They did a smash up job with Hudson’s Bay. Financial terrorists is what they are.

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      7 days ago

      They’re vultures and parasites. They get a friendly CEO into a company who then sells off useful assets and changes to renting/leasing.

      Does your org own property/offices. Sell those of to another company under the hedge to show high numbers for the first numbers. Then the company needs to rent - often from those same funds and possibly that exact same property they’re still in - which then makes the business less and less profitable as supply chain is also replaced with whatever profits the hedge most.

      Finally, declare bankruptcy, fire-sale any remaining assets (probably to hedge-fund buddies), close up shop and let all the workers go