If they gave them a $100 million loan w/ only patents that probably aren't worth shit as collateral, who do you think really "owns" Dominion? What sort of strings could you attach to that sort of deal?
The point they make about getting around CFIUS is spot on - it's there to prevent countries like China from having leverage over the U.S.'s critical infrastructure. I would say election counting machines qualifies, wouldn't you?
This certainly warrants a huge investigation, at least in a sane country.
Patents worth what the bank analysts decide, and give you
the loan accordingly.
If the company goes bankrupt, patents can be liquidated to pay investors or debt (see for example how Kodak tries to sell its portfolio.
If you are here to just theorize conspiracies, I'm off.
Obviously you don't have much experience doing business with China - they routinely do deals that don't make sense in a traditional dollars and cents way in order to promote their national security or espionage interests. In fact, it's written in the Chinese "constitution" that all Chinese companies have a duty to engage in espionage if asked to by the State.
They own the collateral for patents not Dominion, a huge difference. And no it's not a huge deal, being them the 6th largest bank in the world.
You will be surprised how many US businesses have ties or loans from HSBC. This doesn't mean that HSBC owns them.
If they gave them a $100 million loan w/ only patents that probably aren't worth shit as collateral, who do you think really "owns" Dominion? What sort of strings could you attach to that sort of deal?
The point they make about getting around CFIUS is spot on - it's there to prevent countries like China from having leverage over the U.S.'s critical infrastructure. I would say election counting machines qualifies, wouldn't you?
This certainly warrants a huge investigation, at least in a sane country.
Patents worth what the bank analysts decide, and give you the loan accordingly. If the company goes bankrupt, patents can be liquidated to pay investors or debt (see for example how Kodak tries to sell its portfolio.
If you are here to just theorize conspiracies, I'm off.
Obviously you don't have much experience doing business with China - they routinely do deals that don't make sense in a traditional dollars and cents way in order to promote their national security or espionage interests. In fact, it's written in the Chinese "constitution" that all Chinese companies have a duty to engage in espionage if asked to by the State.
HSBC is headquartered in Hong Kong.
You do the math.