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Investigate the Hostess Company closure.

Created by M.B. on November 17, 2012

Investigate the Hostess Company closure with ended close to 18,000 jobs.

Hostess Twinkies’ CEO tripled his salary to $2.55 million while the company was preparing to go into bankruptcy.

And nine top executives saw massive pay raises, some nearly doubling their salary.

A CEO who courageously blamed the union for his failure, while omitting the part about tripling his own pay while preparing to go under.

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