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Well, couldn’t you say the same thing about Sweden? Germany is right there. They could have bought Volvo, but they didn’t. Scania was independent for a long time and had actively protected from take overs, but eventually still succumbed to VW.

Also, Canada lost many things w/o US acquisitions. What happened to Corel? Nortel? Research in Motion?

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> Well, couldn’t you say the same thing about Sweden? Germany is right there.

Germany doesn't speak the same language. It has a hugely different culture, history and peoples. No, you absolutely can't say the same thing, and I think you missed the vast majority of my post.

>Also, Canada lost many things w/o US acquisitions.

I'm not sure what the point of this is, and exceptions don't disprove the rule. Loads of companies rose and fell in the US as well, just like every country on the planet.

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