White Squire
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: White knight (business)In business, a white knight, or "friendly investor" may be a corporation, or a person that intends to help another firm. There…
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Yellow Knight
Entry in progress -- B.P. InvestopediaWhat Does Yellow Knight Mean?A company that was once making a takeover attempt but ends up discussing a merger with the target company. The Free…
Gray Knight (Grey Knight)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: White knight (business)In business, a white knight, or "friendly investor" may be a corporation, or a person that intends to help another firm. There…
Black Knight
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: White knight (business)In business, a white knight, or "friendly investor" may be a corporation, or a person that intends to help another firm. There…
“The sun don’t shine on the same dog’s butt every day” (investment proverb)
"The sun doesn't/don't shine on the same dog's ass/back/butt/eyes/tail every day/all the time/forever" means that one can't expect to get lucky and have some nice…
“If you go far enough to the political left or right you end up in the same place”
Entry in progress -- B.P. The QandO BlogThe politics of Sheehan’s protestPosted by: McQ on Monday, August 15, 2005(...)COMMENTSFunny how the two on you are on the same side. I guess the old adage…
“The two happiest days of a man’s life—the day he bought the boat and the day he sold the boat”
A common saying in the boating world is that the two happiest days in a man's life are when he buys a boat (especially a yacht) and when he sells it. When a person buys a boat or a yacht, the…
Foxaganda (Fox News + propaganda)
"Foxaganda" (Fox + propaganda) usually refers to the Fox News Channel, but can also refer to Fox television stations or the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation -- all owned by the Fox…
Hopium (hope + opium)
"Hopium" (hope + opium) has been cited in print since at least 2003 to describe a drug of addicting "hope." Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign used "hope and…
Little Morocco (Astoria, Queens)
Astoria, Queens, is home to “Little Morocco” on Steinway Street, between 28th Avenue and Astoria Boulevard -- although the area is more familiarly called "Little Egypt." Arabic…
Little Egypt (Astoria, Queens)
Astoria, Queens, is home to "Little Egypt" on Steinway Street, between 28th Avenue and Astoria Boulevard. Arabic restaurants and other shops began to open in the area in the 1980s and…
Sleeping Beauty
Entry in progress -- B.P. InvestopediaWhat Does Sleeping Beauty Mean?A company that is prime for takeover but has not been approached by an acquiring company. Investopedia explains Sleeping BeautyA…
Saturday Night Special
A "Saturday night special" (or "blitzkrieg") is a surprise takeover attempt. In 1975, Colt Industries (manufacturer of guns) attempted what would be a successful takeover of…
Shark Repellent
Entry in progress -- B.P. The Free DictionaryNoun 1. shark repellent - a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts Free Merriam-Webster Dictionaryshark repellent…
Bear Hug
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktionary: bear hugNounbear hug (plural bear hugs)1.any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly Granddad scooped up the child in a big bear hug.2.in…
White Knight
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: White knight (business)In business, a white knight, or "friendly investor" may be a corporation, or a person that intends to help another firm. There…
Poison Pill
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Shareholder rights planA shareholder rights plan, colloquially known as a "poison pill", or simply "the pill" is a kind of defensive tactic…
“Policy follows the money”
"There's an old saying in Washington that the policy follows the money," a 2011 Fox News story about the defunding of the national healthcare law began. "In other words, if…
Masturbator of the Universe (banker nickname)
A video titled Bankers -- Masturbators of the Universe was posted on January 1, 2011 on both vodpod and YouTube. "Masturbators of the universe" is a pun on the term "master of the…
Minsky Moment (Minsky Crisis)
The terms "Minsky moment" and "Minsky crisis" refer to the economist Hyman Philip Minsky (1919-1996), who studied financial crises. Minsky argued against large amounts of…