| 19 Dec 2024 |
 Dezponia | And now we wait for the fallout i guess | 12:32:05 |
 stefan | In reply to @Dezponia:matrix.org
And now we wait for the fallout i guess what fallout? | 13:54:28 |
| Dezponia | Acquisitions like that usually include a bunch of layoffs and change in direction/strategy for the companies involved, regardless of how much they promise nothing will change. | 13:59:57 |
| stefan | as kado was not bought nothing of this will happen | 14:25:06 |
| stefan | but yes we have seen that with crunchys shopping spree | 14:25:27 |
 Markus Koas | okay
take this with a grain of salt but some sources claim kadokawa only wanted the takeover or the current situation because they feared a hostile takeover from tencent or similar companies
which I'd personally see as even worse than Sony especially when they "only buy 10%" | 21:35:29 |
| stefan | What I heard atleast as well | 21:31:37 |
| stefan | Though tbh kado could just have done a buyback if necessary to avoid a takeover right? | 21:32:23 |
| Markus Koas | if they have enough money
sure
but you know who wouldn't want kadokawa spending money on buying shares instead of business?
shareholders
and a hostile takeover is often even better for the shareholders if they just want money
because they get even more money than their shares are worth | 21:39:05 |
| stefan | better than a hostile takeover tbh | 21:35:16 |
| stefan | Also buybacks usually make the stock price go up as well | 21:35:35 |
| Markus Koas | a hostile takeover achieves that too
and they pay more than the current value nearly any time š
PS: not exactly a fan of stock exchanges because they make companies do stupid things waaaaay too often | 21:43:04 |
| stefan | | 21:39:02 |
| stefan | It will depend on your shareholders if they want that to happen | 21:39:19 |
| stefan | And japanese can be quite stubborn especially when chinese knock on the door | 21:39:46 |
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| 28 Dec 2024 |
| Markus Koas | damn
I already wrote about
Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now Iām Bored
I think
but just now I started reading volume 3 and at least for me it successfully stirred emotions š
this novel just makes me care about the characters even if they are just passing by in the life of a nearly immortal high elf | 17:55:01 |
