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by ddol 909 days ago
Nationalising the corporation would delist it from an exchange, preventing stock sales.
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kortilla 909 days ago
Meaning short sellers never have to buy it back.
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arrosenberg 909 days ago
That seems like the correct incentive, no? If the shorts believe a company is (e.g.) poisoning 100,000 people in a large suburb, shouldn't they profit massively if the government agrees and seizes it?
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