Possible scenario following April 30:
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HAL-BHI deal is busted, BHI walks and gets its $3.5B
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Chad Deaton's acolyte Martin Craighead brings in GE management gurus to help him restructure BHI because people outside of the industry know best!
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MC needs a flashy title for the restructured organization...will call it "Two Baker Hughes" (remember "One Baker Hughes" is what brought is to this stage in the first place.)
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A year down the road, no one will admit that "Two Baker Hughes" is a total failure (deja vu?) just like with "One Baker Hughes".
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Due to poor performance, BHI is finally broken up into pieces and sold off
Let us all hope that history does not repeat itself.