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Often used in risk arbitrage as a form of shark repellent. A target company acquires a business so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive, giving it, in effect, a safe harbor.

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Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.

Arbitrage
Buying securities in one country, currency or market, and selling in another to take advantage of price differences.

Target
Target is a top United States corporation in the field of retailing, and its estimated market value is 45,270 million US dollars.

Company
A proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other form of enterprise that engages in business.



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Suzano Petroquimica, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange's Latibex. Its business activity is chemical.

Swinberg Inversiones, SICAV, S.A.
Swinberg Inversiones, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Sync 2000, SICAV, S.A.
Sync 2000, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Syrius Inversiones, S.A., SICAV
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S

S Corporation
A corporation that elects not to be taxed as a corporation. That is, the corporation does not directly pay federal income tax on its earnings.

S&P
Standard & Poor's Corporation.

S&P 500 Composite Index
Index of 500 widely held common stocks that measures the general performance of the market.

S&P phenomenon
Tendency of stocks newly added to the S&P composite index to rise in price due to a large number of buy orders as S&P-related index funds add the stock to their portfolios.

S&P rating
Rating service provided by S&P that indicates the amount of risk involved with different securities.

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