PREDATOR

Today's word: PREDATOR
Theme for this fortnight: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

In mergers and acquisitions, a company with sufficient financial means to easily bear the risks associated with acquiring other companies. Predators are considered to be the financially strong company in the merger or acquistion. The weaker acquisition targets are sometimes called "prey," because they can be snatched up by more powerful firms. Many firms fall somewhere in the middle of these extremes.