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> Right now, that is all technically possible, so they'd be defrauding their shareholders if they didn't try.

Can you expand on this? Are you saying that if a business opportunity exists and a company elects not to pursue it that constitutes defrauding shareholders? I would have thought it constituted nothing more than a disagreement over strategy.

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It sounds like a sarcastic statement of the "profits not gained is profit lost" mindset and that shareholders would be upset, not literally a crime.

Yup, you're exactly right. I wrote it without thinking much (but wasn't fully serious), and didn't realize it would generate this much discussion. That's my bad for being a little careless with my rant. Thanks for clarifying it a little on my behalf.

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