Shinano. The Shinano River is the longest river in Japan, flowing from the Nagano Prefecture to the Niigata Prefecture. The Shinano is 367 kilometers (228 miles) in length. It originates on Mount Kobushi from the Japanese Alps of Honshu Island, and flows northwest, joining the Sai River.
Greenmail or greenmailing is the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover, thereby forcing the target firm to buy those shares back at a premium in order to suspend the takeover.
Greenmail proved lucrative for investors such as T. Boone Pickens and Sir James Goldsmith during the 1980s. In the latter example, Goldsmith made $90 million from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in the 1980s in this manner. Occidental Petroleum paid greenmail to David Murdock in 1984. The St. Regis Paper Company provides an example of greenmail. When an investor group led by Sir James Goldsmith acquired 8.6% stake in St. Regis and expressed interest in taking over the paper concern, the company agreed to repurchase the shares at a premium.