Waylaid on the Road to Riches

Corporate Takeoverl!!

Mind you, gentle readers, the authors of Waylaid do not purport to be investment bankers (do you think we would be writing a serial novel if we were?). However, the tactics and strategies employed by Vesper and the Takamoto team are BASICALLY the truth. In case you were wondering, this novel is NOT totally grounded in reality.

If you would like to complete a hostile takeover of a corporation (any corporation), all you have to do is secure a majority (i.e., 51%) of the said corporation's publicly traded stocks.

Watch out, Disney, here we come.

To learn more about the sordid details of hostile takeovers and corporate espionage, check out this quick definition posted by the The Toronto Star.

For a real-life account of a hostile corporate takeover, check out this article.

Oh, and just for the record, we are not referring to the cocktail of the same name!