• poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    4 months ago

    Yes, hence me saying “failed”. They cooked the books because they wanted to put it up for sale on the stock market, but in the end that never happend for a lot of different reasons.

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      4 months ago

      They cooked the books, but not for potential investors. At least not in the last two decades.

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        4 months ago

        If I recall correctly the last serious attempt to privatise it was shortly before the 2008 financial crisis, so I guess you are almost correct with two decades. Time flies…