That gives them most of the economic benefits of a sale without an obligation to declare a capital gain.

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Lee and Bain Capital Partners, were prepared to fulfill their obligation to fund and close the Clear Channel deal, but some issues were still being worked out.

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Lee and Bain Capital Partners, were prepared to fulfill their obligation to fund and close the Clear Channel (nyse: CCU - news - people ) deal, but some issues were still being worked out.

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What the entity approach assumes is that the obligation of companies to a much broader range of suppliers of capital than the shareholders.

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The fact is that there is no empirical basis for financialism's underlying fundamental principles--that a corporation has no obligation to society other than to maximize short-term value for its shareholders, and that the capital markets should be their own sole regulators.

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