To: 2ndDivisionVet
Doesn’t world’s richest man, Mexican national Carlos Slim, own the majority interest in CC?
5 posted on
11/12/2008 11:29:10 AM PST by
E. Cartman
(Will Bush, Bernanke or Paulson let Uncle Sam handle their personal wealth?)
To: E. Cartman
"Doesn’t world’s richest man, Mexican national Carlos Slim, own the majority interest in CC?" If so, he may not be the world's richest man for very much longer.
8 posted on
11/12/2008 11:30:47 AM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
(Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
To: E. Cartman
Nah - biggest holder is HBK Investment in Dallas with 9%. It’s mostly held by mutual funds and Institutional investors, tho’ Mark Wattles, CEO of Ultimate Electronics owns 6.5%. Slim doesn’t show up, but there could be an investment vehicle of his in there.
To: E. Cartman
He tried to buy it back in 2003 but was rebuffed.
So, he just ran CompUSA into the ground instead...
26 posted on
11/12/2008 11:56:39 AM PST by
bornred
To: E. Cartman
No, Slim owned a majority interest in CompUSA that was liquidated.
Tiger Direct purchased about 20 stores and the rest are gone.
I still can't believe that they didn't keep the Honolulu store open. Top grossing store in the chain for a long time.
28 posted on
11/12/2008 11:58:54 AM PST by
texas booster
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To: E. Cartman
No, you’re thinking of the already defunct CompUSA.
40 posted on
11/12/2008 12:27:43 PM PST by
Doohickey
(The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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