He soon learns that illegal insider information is the secret to Gekko's success, and together they plot a corporate raid against a small airline, Bluestar--the company Fox's father works for.

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After an attempted corporate raid by British financier James Goldsmith in 1986, the company piled on debt, Knoll said, and was left in a poor position to react to the globalization of the auto industry.

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