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Howard Brazee

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Oct 12, 2008, 1:56:34 PM10/12/08
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In Batman Begins, why couldn't Bruce Wayne take control over his
company without selling it to himself first?

George Peatty

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Oct 12, 2008, 4:00:48 PM10/12/08
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:56:34 -0600, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:

>In Batman Begins, why couldn't Bruce Wayne take control over his
>company without selling it to himself first?

Probably because the company's stock was publicly traded, and Wayne did not
have a controlling interest ..

Howard Brazee

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Oct 13, 2008, 8:51:44 PM10/13/08
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:00:48 -0400, George Peatty
<peattyg...@copper.net> wrote:

>>In Batman Begins, why couldn't Bruce Wayne take control over his
>>company without selling it to himself first?
>
>Probably because the company's stock was publicly traded, and Wayne did not
>have a controlling interest ..

The CEO told Bruce Wayne that he was going to take it public.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

TBerk

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Oct 14, 2008, 4:34:16 PM10/14/08
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Howard Brazee wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:00:48 -0400, George Peatty
> <peattyg...@copper.net> wrote:
>
>>> In Batman Begins, why couldn't Bruce Wayne take control over his
>>> company without selling it to himself first?
>> Probably because the company's stock was publicly traded, and Wayne did not
>> have a controlling interest ..
>
> The CEO told Bruce Wayne that he was going to take it public.
>


Additionally Wayne had been declared MIA and (if I remember) deceased
due to being gone so long. His sudden re arrival meant he had little he
might be able to do that could affect the company's inertia.

So he set about a longer range plan.


TBerk

Howard Brazee

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Oct 14, 2008, 6:50:19 PM10/14/08
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:34:16 -0700, TBerk <bayar...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>> The CEO told Bruce Wayne that he was going to take it public.
>>
>
>
>Additionally Wayne had been declared MIA and (if I remember) deceased
>due to being gone so long. His sudden re arrival meant he had little he
>might be able to do that could affect the company's inertia.

Who owned the company? Owners can do what they want. Changing
one's ownership from personal to stocks doesn't change anything.

>So he set about a longer range plan.

Going public wasn't his idea. (or it wasn't shown to be so in the
movie).

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