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		paulpauper 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Founder sentenced to seven years in prison for fra... David O Leary and Mark Cuban checking in...(they sold companies for billions that were basically worthless when the ink dried)

thruway516 7 months ago [–]

I dont think they had to lie to Yahoo to do it though. Everyone believed in the froth of dot-com and plenty of dumb money just there for the taking from the likes of Yahoo. Kinda like today with all the AI froth.

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