French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares
Why aren't shareholders on the hook for bailing out their own companies? They have the financial incentive to protect their own investments.<p>Why is bailing out a compay different from "investing" in it? What is an investment besides a non-emergency bailout?<p>Edit: Why don't companies raise money by issuing more stock? Isn't that what the stock matket is for?