elephant hunting n.— «One strategy particularly at risk is “elephant hunting,” as it is known on Wall Street, or the megabuyout of large publicly traded companies worth tens of billions of dollars.» —“Buyout firms adjust for less...
get one’s bait back v. phr.— «Bain and its co-investors extracted special payments of over $100 million from each company, enabling Bain to make a healthy profit even before re-selling the businesses—a practice known as “getting...