Comment by skeeter2020

Well, they DID have to scrape together a few % of the purchase price </s>

Isn't this what Gordon Gecko did in the movie Wall Street? Look for asset-rich companies, buy a controlling interest of the stock (the equivalent of the PE leveraged buyout) then strip them for parts? Also, wasn't that a cautionary tale of the worst of the 80's vs. a "how to" manual?