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Kodak Becomes a Pharma Company, AP Switches to Sony, RIP John Lewis

Vision Slightly Blurred

English - August 03, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★ - 38 ratings
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With a $765 million loan under the U.S. Defense Production Act, Kodak has pivoted from film chemistry to pharmaceutical ingredients. The loan sent Kodak's stock price soaring from $2.61 to as high as $60 before settling in the low $20s. Eyebrows were also raised when it was revealed that Kodak Executive Chairman Jim Continenza scored a stock option grant the day before the announcement that could net him close to $100 million. 

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