A large island off of the Asian side of Istanbul in Adalar, home to wealthy summer houses, loads of stray cats, and exactly 0 privately owned cars (seriously they're forbidden). Its name is Turkish for "big island," as it is the largest in Adalar. Transportation costs make almost everything sold on the island overpriced, but it's a beautiful summer destination.
I got sick of all the Istanbul traffic and went to Büyükada for the day.
the phenetic way of saying BFF with out sectioning off each letter. it is more endearing and offen makes everyone around you jelous of the relationship of you and your BFF. exspesially if everyone knows you arent necessary to those two people.
(FINANCE) when somebody buys a corporation using borrowed money ("leverage"), with the expectation that the new owner will able to pay for it from the corporation's own profits.
Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts (KKR) developed the LBO back when Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. and Henry Kravis were still partners at Bear Stearns (1960's). The technique was refined by Michael Milken's methods of underwriting and trading junk bonds. At the same time, corporate raiders and takeover artists like T. Boone Pickens perfected greenmail as a way to make money from failed hostile takeovers.
In constant US dollars, the largest leveraged buyout deal in history was the KKR takeover of RJR Nabisbo for $31.1 billion (1989). In 2006, several deals of even larger size were planned or attempted, but adjusted for inflation, they were not as large.