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

  • phx@lemmy.ca
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    3 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