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Telekom AG Message Board    • troy48084 troy48084 Jul 10, 2002
9:06 PM Flag      Sommer's bowing out?      It looks like he's
getting ready to make an exit, but on his own terms. If he does,
whoever takes his place better know what he's doing. I don't
think some guy from VW or Krupp is going to know too much about
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all replies     • When you pay for an inflated company's stock
with your own inflated company stock, math tells me that it
still doesn't make the deal attractive. You could argue that
both VSTR and DT shareholders were equally stupid given the
level of the stock prices. But in the case of VSTR, the level of
inflation of their stock was higher than DTs, which made DT's
stock fall faster than industry average and we all are suffering
from that. IMHO, an intelligent and good long term acquisition
is one when measured against your own cost of capital including
your own relativ