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madengr on July 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Employers will do almost anything to find workers ...

You conveniently ignored the 8% drop in AA stock. Doesn’t matter if that was due to dividend reduction or spooking investors, it’s still a big drop.

nimish on July 11, 2018 [–]

And Wal-mart shares rose by 8% in the year after they announced wage increases.

The broader issue is that shareholders have deluded themselves into thinking that they are the end-all-be-all of a company when in fact their contribution is limited.

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