Talk:Corporate raid

Examples

The article list an example of "an insurance company whose "float" or "reserves" are larger than the market cap", but Float can never be more than the Market capitalization of a company. Float is a part of a company's market cap, it can be at best equal to but is often less than the market cap. If the statement could somehow be true, it would mean that float is not referencing corporate securities but something specific to the insurance, if that is the case it should noted. Also the examples would be clearer if they were in separate sentences or rewritten. WikipedianYknOK 19:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

True, I've reworded it.--DMCer (talk) 09:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Second paragraph of "Analysis" should be removed

Every sentence of the second paragraph starts with weasel words (Some say..., Others say..., etc.) without a single reference. That whole paragraph should either be removed or cited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.125.45.10 (talk) 19:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Addition to Media References

There is no mention of one of the best and most well-known films on corporate raiding, Barbarians at the Gate (1993), which is surprising to me as it was my introduction to the subject. Wall Street was a little bit before my time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.168.231.88 (talk) 10:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Article fails to explain its subject. How does a corporate raid make money?

I'm unfamiliar with the stock market, and, after reading this article, I don't understand what a corporate raid is, or how anyone would make money executing one. The article makes several references to individual raiders and raids without explaining how much money was made or how that money was generated. The clearest explanation seems to come in the description of Gordon Gekko, who buys companies whose assets are worth more than the cost of a controlling share and then sells those assets. Is this what corporate raiding is about? If so, that information belongs in the head of the article. Furthermore, the history section is well populated but poorly explained. Many events purported to be "corporate raids" are listed, but the essence of what makes these buyouts "raids" is quite unclear, aside from the general sense that the raid was contrary to the interest of the corporation. It would be useful if, for at least a few of the raids listed, the following information were provided: why was the company targeted, what were the raider's objectives, were those objectives accomplished and with what result, and how the corporation in question came out of it. Flies 1 (talk) 15:24, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

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