Word: unfriendlyness
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The Prime Minister always seemed to possess inside information. Papandreou, says the banker, taps the home and business telephones of such rivals as the head of the political opposition, New Democracy's Constantine Mitsotakis, and unfriendly publishers. "I know all their plans," he proudly told Koskotas.
Space presents itself as another problem. There is just not enough of it. Intimacy is fine, but unfortunately, in the Kronauer production, the audience tends to feel as if it is too close to be comfortable. Though almost an arm's length from the actors on stage, one never feels...
And although some investors participate in `unfriendly' LBOs in which the takeover is made without the backing of management, Harvard is "not going to be involved in unfriendly deals because they'll loathe the publicity," says the investment banker.
But, as Scott says, in the leveraged buyout business "what's unfriendly is a little hard to tell."
That uncertainty about unfriendly takeovers is mirrored in the long-term prognosis for the leveraged buyout trend. While Harvard and other investors may be raking in the profits from LBOs today, economists say they think the buyout market will falter if the economy weakens.