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Originally Posted by fjtorres
So you think it's all about vengeance and nothing else?
Drag down B&N as payback?
Could be.
Not exactly the action of a decent person, but...
(shrug)
Like I said, no good guy in the mess.
Pretty bad for the employees but most probably have resumes ready and the economy is on an upswing.
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Again, it depends. B&N still has the chance to back out and pay up to avoid going for a trial -- winning a trial by litigation before trial is a valuable strategy. A official public apology from both sides afterwards might do it to deflect damage from all innocent bystanders (e.g. everybody @ B&N who is not Riggio or the ex CEO).
If litigation doesn't work, they might have enough for winning. If that doesn't work, revenge as ultimate last resort might do. Having multiple options is good in this case. No matter who wins or loses, when someone's worth is artificially inflated into multiple millions of dollars, the real losers are always the little guys.