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  • In the suit, Charming Shoppes says 10-year-old Crescendo has a "sordid history of greenmailing and corporate raiding," and it alleges the funds misrepresented their intentions.

    Boards Give Up Taming Act 2008

  • Shareholder activism has raised its profile thanks to Icahn and other hedge fund managers, but this crop of new activists has shown some scorn for the greenmailing investors of the past.

    Stuck With CarlA Little Greenmail Would Help Time Warner 2006

  • Ed the Horse rolls over to have tummy tickled by greenmailing third world An Englishman's Castle: January 30, 2010

    An Englishman's Castle 2010

  • For example, in respect of the allegation of greenmailing made against Yukos by Sixsmith's anonymous "analyst", there is an as-yet unpublished book by another author,

    openDemocracy < 2010

  • Nesting comfortably atop a fortune estimated at $3 billion enhanced by the corporate raiding and greenmailing that characterized the

    American Thinker 2010

  • Instead of "blackmailing" Congress, President Obama is "greenmailing" Congress by forcing them to comply with his order that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate greenhouse gasses.

    Latest Articles The Enterprise Blog 2009

  • Call it "greenmailing 2.0, '' a new strain of his old strategy.

    Boston.com Most Popular 2010

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