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		randyrand on April 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B... Share prices go up as you buy a company because you buy from the people that value their shares least first. You can’t just multiply the current price and expect everyone to be willing to sell for that amount.

systemvoltage on April 15, 2022 [–]

What if someone is unwilling to sell? Or at an unreasonable price, say $100M/share?

randyrand on April 18, 2022 | [–]

Then you might not be able to afford to buy the company!

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