Word: acquisitor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...triumph came the same day that KKR's crown jewel, RJR Nabisco, reported its first quarterly profit since the grand acquisitor bought it for $25 billion in 1989. RJR eked out a $5 million gain for the first quarter of 1991, in contrast to a $222 million loss for the same period a year ago. The improvement reflected RJR's drive to reduce its towering interest expense...
...empire lay under siege last week, staggering beneath the burden of debt Trump has accumulated in his insatiable buying spree of the past few years. The Grand Acquisitor never seemed to notice that the Roaring Eighties had ended until suddenly his cash started running out. So far, Trump has not missed any payments on his estimated $3 billion in loans and junk bonds. But his lenders and suppliers have begun to fear that Trump's domain is an overleveraged structure built on swagger and bluff. His creditors have suddenly demanded proof of his financial prowess, and he is coming...