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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 02:49 PM
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6. Ummmm....can anyone say ANTI-TRUST laws?
How could this possibly be legal by any measure?
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  -BP faces ExxonMobil takeover bid speculation IScreamSundays  Jul-11-10 02:18 PM   #0 
  - Well, there's good and bad news here.  Sebastian Doyle   Jul-11-10 02:25 PM   #1 
  - That's my take too.  truedelphi   Jul-11-10 02:33 PM   #3 
  - Yep, After all Exxon has the  xxqqqzme   Jul-11-10 03:33 PM   #10 
  - what can any admin opposed to the multinational giants do, even if an admin tries?  wordpix   Jul-11-10 08:59 PM   #14 
  - Word up  XemaSab   Jul-11-10 10:49 PM   #18 
  - exxon can show bp how to get away with murder.  roguevalley   Jul-12-10 02:14 AM   #20 
  - Will a deal get cut to absolve Exxon of liability, or to cap the liability?  metapunditedgy   Jul-11-10 02:31 PM   #2 
  - I hope the "oil industry sources" are lying.  Radical Activist   Jul-11-10 02:37 PM   #4 
  - Oh gosh, Obama is such a socialist!  bushmeister0   Jul-11-10 02:38 PM   #5 
  - Ummmm....can anyone say ANTI-TRUST laws?  Dover   Jul-11-10 02:49 PM   #6 
  - That subject was mentioned back in May/June  dipsydoodle   Jul-11-10 02:52 PM   #9 
  - Because even if they merged they wouldn't be as big as their competitors, the State Oil Companies  SalmonFritters   Jul-11-10 04:31 PM   #12 
  - Wonder if this correlates with the spike  Tejas   Jul-11-10 02:49 PM   #7 
  - That may help explain  dipsydoodle   Jul-11-10 02:51 PM   #8 
  - Geez,, does every thread have to turn into an anti-Obama ad?  bobburgster   Jul-11-10 04:22 PM   #11 
  - I agree. My feeling is, BP might go under anyway with the cost of the this spill.  Jennicut   Jul-11-10 04:52 PM   #13 
     - perhaps O believes XOM can pay the bills, come what may, whereas a defunct BP can't or won't  wordpix   Jul-11-10 09:02 PM   #15 
        - That is what I think.  Jennicut   Jul-12-10 09:44 AM   #23 
  - I wonder how the oil companies will wind down as peak oil hits and their profits start to fall, if  applegrove   Jul-11-10 10:34 PM   #16 
  - Good, then I'll only have ONE great satan to boycott.  XemaSab   Jul-11-10 10:48 PM   #17 
  - ...I hate calling things like this  Hydra   Jul-12-10 12:43 AM   #19 
  - Well that would be some good news for BP shareholders. Maybe now is finally the time to buy in  cbdo2007   Jul-12-10 07:51 AM   #21 
  - Yesss... put all of the used diapers in the same bag.  sofa king   Jul-12-10 07:58 AM   #22 
 

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