DictionaryYour logic is flawed and ends at your first statement....

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Your logic is flawed and ends at your first statement.

The priced GR sold NPR was not highly inflated - it was what the market was prepared to pay at the time. It appears highly inflated now only because the market has tanked. You are suggesting GR had a cunning plan knowing the GFC was going to happen - and then he could then take over as CEO....blah blah blah...retire....that's just a lunatic theory; they lock people up for such lack of reason.

The guy pulled the rabbit, pony, elephant and even a whale out of the hat to keep Centro away from admin - simple as that.