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Xaq ([personal profile] xaq_the_aereon) wrote2012-11-16 02:47 pm

Huh.

Apparently Hostess, maker of such delightful artery-blockers as Twinkies, is going out of business.

Glad I got tired of them a few years back, otherwise this would kinda suck.

[identity profile] anher.livejournal.com 2012-11-17 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Behold the power of the union leader's stupidity: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Fnational_world&id=8887804

Apparently the unions were offered 25% of the company's stock as part of an offer... they rejected it.
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[personal profile] kjorteo 2012-11-17 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know, I'd kind of rather be paid in real money than stock in a company that's declared bankruptcy twice, too.

I'm probably not the most unbiased source out there when it comes to stock market stuff anyway, though, so eh.

[identity profile] anher.livejournal.com 2012-11-17 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Money isn't actually 'real' anything, it's a promise from the government, that's it.

As for the 'rather wanting to be paid in real money', well they've screwed that one away too by not accepting -any- settlement that was proposed. So now the bond holders get their money first all because they have those little pieces of paper saying they own part of the company.

[identity profile] xaq.livejournal.com 2012-11-17 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
How appropriate that Hostess' union would be a bunch of ding-dongs.