Given the history of the Carlyle Group and the people directing this organization, I found it worrisome to see the following headline on Yahoo this morning:
Carlyle group bids $5.5 bln for Taiwan's ASE
This is a major company that puts the silicon chips into the plastic containers that mount onto the circuit boards of our computers. Do we really want the Carlyle Group to have that much access to what is being mounted inside our computers, cell phones, etc.?
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