Originally Posted by
WaytoomuchEurope
Can I just say how amusing I find it that so many people are calling this "dirty" and "sleazy"? Do people live under a rock? This is how business has always been done between every corporation everywhere in the world. It's not "sleazy". It's smart. Full stop.
AC sold ae out for money. AC and ae depended on each other and it'll be good business to keep each other running well. AC then announced cutting ties to ae, driving down the share prices, and now come back to offer to buy it back on the cheap. That is not business as usual.
Dirty. Sleezy. Betrayal. Maybe you operate like that. But AC definitely damaged its name and reputation. If AC wants to spin ae out for money again, everyone knows AC is a dirty/sleezy/underhanded partner.