Sam Zell News Wrap-up

20tribune.1901.jpgYeah, we know we’re late reporting this, but here is the best of all the Sam-Zell-Has-Stepped-In-It news.

New York Times: Wall Street thinks the Trib deal, while sure to be approved tomorrow, is a butterfly-wing flap away from failure.

Associated Press:Teamsters plan to show up to a shareholders meeting tomorrow to say the employee stock ownership plan will leave workers shouldering the financial and operational burden while Zell continues making billions off the nickel slots.


Forbes:
Tribune’s crappy stock hit one of its biggest upswings in months — proving we’ll never understand how the stock market works.

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