WHEN THE CONGLOMERATE Mitsubishi Estate struck a deal to take control of Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center in late 1989, it capped a decade of go-go acquisition of U.S. trophy assets–Firestone Tire & Rubber, Columbia Pictures and plum real estate–by Japanese corporations. This deal, struck just weeks before Japan’s stock market cratered, would prove hubristic, landing the iconic building complex in bankruptcy.
WHEN THE CONGLOMERATE Mitsubishi Estate struck a deal to take control of Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center in late 1989, it capped a decade of go-go acquisition of U.S. trophy assets–Firestone Tire & Rubber, Columbia Pictures and plum real estate–by Japanese corporations. This deal, struck just weeks before Japan’s stock market cratered, would prove hubristic, landing the iconic building complex in bankruptcy.
the Rockafellaz play rockafella games.
Exactly
Hadn't heard that one. Dayum 😳
Not a plagiarist, wanna be clear, that is Cut and pasted straight from the wikipedia article on it. Except that last line of course, lol.