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Business buzzwords: The street goes nuts
1. Coburn operates what they call a 'reverse ' — his
firm purchases a small amount of the stock, then starts
selling it off through various Wall Street brokers, and when
word gets out that SAC is selling, the Street goes nuts and
also starts unloading big blocks; then Coburn swoops to
buy.

desk
exit
portfolio
whammy
2. The retired chairman of furniture maker Herman Miller,
Max has long been noted for innovative management
practices; for example, he instituted a silver for
employees at his company so that they would be
protected if they lost their jobs as a result of a hostile
takeover.

goodbye
life jacket
parachute
sofa
3. may be more correctly defined as the total
guestroom revenue per available room per day; it is
typically calculated simply by multiplying a given hotel's
average daily room rate (ADR) by its occupancy rate.

GRARd
GuesOC

HOTunit
RevPAR
4. I think you only need two kinds of people to create a
, rich people and nerds: they're the limiting reagents
in the reaction that produces startups, because they're the
only ones present when startups get started.

Big Apple
Silicon Valley
Wall Street
Web Site
5. In the world of penny stocks, ' ' are infamous for
causing chaos in internet forums as they attempt to
disseminate false or misleading information about
companies to lower a stock's price.

bashers
bloggers
bonkers
burglars
6. Search engines argue that nobody clicks on an ad
unless they're interested; however, a lead that takes no
action and leaves no contact information can't be
considered more than just an advertising , and that's
the basis for a meaningful comparison to publisher CPM
rates.

admission
concession
expression

impression
7. War is a slang term for the stocks and bonds of
corporations in the defense industry.

babies
medals
mongers
widows
8. There are losses because of the lost opportunities when
a deal just doesn't make it through; some of the
common causes stem from the areas of under-funded
pension plans or tax liabilities that may have originated
from a prior restructuring of the target company or prior
acquisition.

shady
slimy
sneaky
sticky
9. One Night investment is buying a security with
the intention of holding it for the long term, but
subsequently panicking and selling it the following day.

Affair
Fling
Kiss
Stand
10. The private mezzanine debt securities used to fund
middle-market companies include debt with an equity
, which is usually a contingent common equity

interest, either by a way of warrants or a conversion option
to which registration rights are typically attached.

kicker
leader
packer
stringer