Electronic Arts to be acquired to Private Equity for $55 Billion buyout

[bing101]

https://apnews.com/article/ea-electronic-arts-video-game-silver-lake-pif-d17dc7dd3412a990d2c0a6758aaa6900

https://apnews.com/article/electronic-arts-buyout-what-to-know-ea6d403811e6ebab0b96ab772f5e7d67

This is one of the biggest takeovers of a company. 

[Roadgeekteen]

Can we not sell American companies to the freaking Saudis, who are committing multiple serious human rights violations?

[Max Rockatansky]

Doesn't everyone hate EA now? 

[Big John]

Doesn't everyone hate EA now? 

For its traffic?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uARURiEkCRpzByxP7

[kphoger]

Doesn't everyone hate EA now? 

For its traffic?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uARURiEkCRpzByxP7

He meant Environnmental Assessments.

[kkt]

Can we not sell American companies to the freaking Saudis, who are committing multiple serious human rights violations?

We're gonna have a whole lot of work to do if we don't want to do any business with nasty people.

[Scott5114]

On the plus side, private equity firms usually end up destroying the companies they acquire.

[Rothman]

Can we not sell American companies to the freaking Saudis, who are committing multiple serious human rights violations?

We're gonna have a whole lot of work to do if we don't want to do any business with nasty people.

Not like the U.S.' hands are clean...

[-- US 175 --]

On the plus side, private equity firms usually end up destroying the companies they acquire.

I haven't heard of very many private equity deals that were good ones.  EA might regret this.

[Rothman]

EA used to be one of the biggest video game publishers at one time. It had lots of sports stars as their spokesmen promoting EA Sports where their stars appeared in that editions game.

https://www.ea.com/sports

So...wasn't this widely understood already?