Some call it "greenmail" - blackmail cloaked in green. From Wordnik.com. [SacBee -- Latest News] Reference
A Carbon Ultimatum? editorial in today's WSJ suggests that an Obama Administration will "greenmail". From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
One of the sources likened it to "greenmail," the Wall Street term that refers to payments made to hostile investors to go away. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal] Reference
He compared the settlement to the "greenmail" that companies paid billionaire Icahn in the 1980s so he would sell shares and walk away from his takeover attempts. From Wordnik.com. [Ackman's Group Exits Stuyvesant Town Investment With $45 Million Intact - Bloomberg] Reference
Vocab expands, as greenmail acts greenwash their truth away. From Wordnik.com. [What is Green?] Reference
But Icahn lacked a familiar, and once-powerful weapon at his disposal: greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck With CarlA Little Greenmail Would Help Time Warner] Reference
Computer Associates denied it was paying greenmail, arguing it wasn't buying Wyly's stock. From Wordnik.com. [BASS BROTHERS The Texas quartet of...] Reference
"Now there is no greenmail," Icahn said at a hedge fund conference in New York on Feb. 15. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck With CarlA Little Greenmail Would Help Time Warner] Reference
The masters of the universe have not given in to greenmail in a fit of political correctness. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel C. Esty: When Being Green Puts You in the Black] Reference
More like greenmail - document a legitimate problem, let the company buy you off if they choose. From Wordnik.com. [A Swindle, not a Joke, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Without greenmail as a weapon, activist shareholders have an even steeper hill to climb to raise a consensus. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck With CarlA Little Greenmail Would Help Time Warner] Reference
A proposed change in tax laws that would come down on mergers, greenmail, and LBOs was also given as a reason. From Wordnik.com. [North to Canada: An American Investment Banker Looks At Canada Today] Reference
Back in the '80s companies like Viacom and BFGoodrich paid Icahn tens of millions in greenmail just to make him go away. From Wordnik.com. [Contrarian At The Gate] Reference
But greenmail became a dead letter with the poison-pill defense, which stops raiders from accumulating more stock than management wants them to. From Wordnik.com. [Contrarian At The Gate] Reference
Now, back in the early 80s, when corporate finance was first becoming the be-all-and-end-all instrument of wealth and power, there was a technique which was called greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [The Best of Enemies] Reference
He was a greenmail corporate raider and asset stripper. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Bear] Reference
Americans will need to brace themselves, because they're about to get a taste of greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
Though offering momentary reprieve, giving into greenmail is an unsustainable business practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
A California thrift could purchase stocks and bonds; it could become a corporate raider and practice greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
This is greenmail to ensure that the state doesn't enact "laws" directed at shutting down the Army's operations. From Wordnik.com. [Armchair Generalist] Reference
As Barack Obama's energy adviser has now made clear, the would-be President intends to blackmail -- or rather, greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [GREENIE WATCH] Reference
The Jacobs-Pohlad group often ended up selling at a profit to management-friendly investors in what was dubbed "greenmail.". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
His bet is the same tactic: paying out the cash while leveraging the balance sheet with a "special" greenmail-type dividend. From Wordnik.com. [How Dividends Can Destroy Value - Ken Hackel - Credit Trends - Forbes] Reference
The Jacobs-Pohlad group often ended end up selling at a profit to management-friendly investors in what was dubbed "greenmail.". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
As Barack Obama's energy adviser has now made clear, the would-be President intends to blackmail -- or rather, greenmail -- Congress into falling in line with his climate agenda. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
But even in the bad old days, there was nothing as discreditable as today's golden parachutes (paid on departure), golden handshakes (paid on arrival) and greenmail (merely paid). From Wordnik.com. [Management-Issues : News] Reference
I’d be happy to be proven wrong, but one suspects this is little more than attempted greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [A danger to journalism « BuzzMachine] Reference
Call it greenmail for the masses. From Wordnik.com. [Contrarian At The Gate] Reference
Is this greenmail or blackmail?. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
You remember greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck With CarlA Little Greenmail Would Help Time Warner] Reference
Early versions of greenmail?. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Bear] Reference
"greenmail". From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
■ greenmail. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
No white knight defense or greenmail. ". From Wordnik.com. [Marvin Kitman: The Media Shopoholic Strikes Again] Reference
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