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Amazon and wapo are independent entities
by wyxuan 7y ago
Amazon and wapo are independent entities
- thepangolino 7y agoTechnically. For all sorts of accounting purposes, they're not.
- rileymat2 7y agoTrue, but the connection can have effect. For instance: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/04/mutual-funds-make-air-travel-more-expensive-institutional-investors-reduce-competition.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/04/mutual-funds-mak... Mutual funds appear faceless and have an effect, knowing the owner must have much more.
- kilo_bravo_3 7y agoI don't understand the article, particularly because airline travel is the cheapest it has ever been in the history of aviation. Is the author asserting that mutual funds are preventing air travel from being even cheaper than it already is, which is the cheapest it has ever been in the history of aviation? This is, of course, excepting approximately six months post-9/11 and the winter holiday season post-financial crisis when the industry was on the verge of collapse and nearly every carrier operated at a loss temporarily both times just to keep people in seats. Except for that brief period in time airline travel is the cheapest it has ever been in the history of aviation.
- mcff 7y agoSure they are. Are you also excited about Santa's visit this Christmas?
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- birdyrooster 7y agoThey are not independent from Mr. Bezos which is what the pc said. Please choose your words more carefully.