Quote of the Day: Greed Not So Good After All

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| Mon Jun. 20, 2011 10:18 AM PDT

From Felix Salmon, after reading about executives at Skype getting fired so they won't get a full payout of their stock options when Skype's acquisition by Microsoft is finalized:

This does seem pretty evil.

And yet, says Felix, "I’m sure it makes financial sense." I'm sure it does too. Lots of crappy behavior does, after all.

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