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Im convinced none of these people have any training in corporate finance. For if they did they'd realise they were wasting money.

I guess you gotta look busy. But the stick will come when the shareholders look at the income statement and ask... So I see an increase in operating expenses. Let me go calculate the ROIC. Hm its lower, what to do? Oh I know, lets fire the people who caused this (it wont be the C-Suite or management who takes the fall) lmao.

So... more 'busy work'.

The only thing that matters is the impact on the financials. The shareholders (the people who employ you) dont care about any of this if it does not enhance value.

Are you claiming they are tech firms in the manner of a Apple, Google etc?

lol

Nope the reason for a monopoly is incentives for R&D and innovation.

The US understands that and allows it to happen as the former yields a compounding effect of power.

European states certainly don't get this.

"(And how competently Dario has played his hand.)"

lol hes barely done anything, but sometimes that is all that's necessary when a bozo opponent is hell-bent on screwing things up. He didn't get fired the first time for no reason.

Yes anti-trust is very much theatre nowadays.

As long it further's American interests globally - monopoly is fine. Other countries need to take notice and start picking winners nationally in order to compete with the large American big tech firms.