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  • John Haltiwanger, a co-author on the study and an economist at the University of Maryland, notes that where jobs were shed by bought-out companies, they were more likely to be in underperforming parts of the business.

    New Study Tallies Private Equity's Jobs Role Carl Bialik 2012

  • Unfortunately, his meat-packing company was bought-out and Jarvis suffered a huge pay cut.

    Archive 2009-09-01 ____Maggie 2009

  • Unfortunately, his meat-packing company was bought-out and Jarvis suffered a huge pay cut.

    Methland (copy) ____Maggie 2009

  • Two years ago we felt great as we elected a new president in the name of positive change for our nation... but somehow, we continued to elect politicians who behaved as if they're totally bought-out and dedicated to resisting fair change at all cost -- even the cost of their personal integrity.

    John Selby: Will One Psychological Flaw Destroy Our Whole Economy? John Selby 2010

  • Two years ago we felt great as we elected a new president in the name of positive change for our nation ... but somehow, we continued to elect politicians who behaved as if they're totally bought-out and dedicated to resisting fair change at all cost -- even the cost of their personal integrity.

    John Selby: Will One Psychological Flaw Destroy Our Whole Economy? John Selby 2010

  • Two years ago we felt great as we elected a new president in the name of positive change for our nation ... but somehow, we continued to elect politicians who behaved as if they're totally bought-out and dedicated to resisting fair change at all cost -- even the cost of their personal integrity.

    John Selby: Will One Psychological Flaw Destroy Our Whole Economy? John Selby 2010

  • Voting, and therefore voting machines and electronic vote fraud, hardly matter when the miserable choice in elections (by West European or Israeli standards) is between the bought-out Right wings and Left wings of the Corporation party.

    Vote of No Confidence in E-Voting Merger, Part Two: Talking with Democracy Warrior Nancy Tobi 2009

  • The Association of British Insurers, said its members had about £22 billion in bought-out pension plans at the end of last year, covering about a half-million people.

    U.K. Pension Buyouts Stall 2009

  • I state this because I believe given the current setup with all its manifest problems i.e., hopeless electoral system, influence of money, American individualism, public ignorance, greedy corporations, religious fanaticism, bought-out media, and so much more, the Obama administration represents the zenith of the best possible.

    Vote of No Confidence in E-Voting Merger, Part Two: Talking with Democracy Warrior Nancy Tobi 2009

  • Ronald Reagan and successive cadres of snake oil salesmen repeatedly convinced our bought-out, brain dead representatives in Washington that the way to make everyone better off – to lift all boats, they said - was to shred the regulatory safety net that had functioned so effectively since the Great Depression to protect the economy, the country and the consumer from the insatiable, creative greed of Wall Street.

    Trickle Up Poverty and the Paulson Railroad 2008

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