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The equity firm must have decided the needed some quick cash. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #1
Nailed it. The Romney Gecko business model. freshwest Jan 2013 #13
Precisely. You nailed it (Gecko ref) n/t Drum Jan 2013 #14
I am living it with the company I currently work for. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #21
Of course, Open Gate Cap left the employees' retirement fund intact -- right? SDjack Jan 2013 #2
Weird, our local dairy that suplied milk to the schools closed suddenly last week. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #3
Goddss almighty - i have been screaming about this for several years truedelphi Jan 2013 #4
Started out as a farmer-owned cooperative. postulater Jan 2013 #8
Thanks for the history lesson. I used to live in WI truedelphi Jan 2013 #28
Very sorry to hear that dragonlady Jan 2013 #5
After some browsing dragonlady Jan 2013 #12
Hello? Remember the stories the past week that milk prices might suddenly double? hedda_foil Jan 2013 #6
Wisconsin Attorney General (Walker's guy) made Dean sell. postulater Jan 2013 #10
Should have known Van Hollen would have his hand in this. AllyCat Jan 2013 #20
Golden is still listed as part of Open Gate on their site, benld74 Jan 2013 #7
Oh Mitt & friends? nc4bo Jan 2013 #9
K&R DeSwiss Jan 2013 #11
Fuck private equity. Gutting and shutting local business is a really shitty thing to do! n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #15
Exactly. SoapBox Jan 2013 #16
Investment banks The Wizard Jan 2013 #17
Wow,great little Co-op,really sad this has happened Wellstone ruled Jan 2013 #18
Vulture capitalism at work... AllyCat Jan 2013 #19
Open Gate Capital=another Bain-like/parasitic mega cluster f**ker!! hue Jan 2013 #22
Fed's unintended consequencies WIDairyman Jan 2013 #23
I'll take anti-trust lawsuits anyday over a corporate strangle-hold on any market. sybylla Jan 2013 #25
then why is there a monopoly of Wall Street?? Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #27
These companies contract to sell milk to schools and to buy milk from farmers. sybylla Jan 2013 #24
The Mu chapter of Beta Beta Beta at Carroll always had a pic with the giant fiberglass cow there HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #26
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