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Winner's curse revisited
1. Cable giant Comcast offered $54 billion to buy Disney.
2. Comcast shares fell eight percent yesterday.
Need I say more? Furthermore the evidence suggests that Comcast later may be dismantled or itself become a takeover target.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 12, 2004 at 08:47 AM in Current Affairs | Permalink
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