Real M&A Men Show Their Leverage
Globe and Mail | In Canada, they call it "gearing"...

If you think it's bad in North America, that's nothing compared with the amount of testosterone emissions entering the atmosphere over Europe, where the target of the collected male lust is ABN Amro. Sure, being Dutch, she's kind of cute and a little bit saucy, but hardly the kind of bank you expect guys to go crazy over. You'd be wrong, because no less than four rival banks, plus the 10 investments banks shouting out cheers from the sideline, are engaged in an assault on her virtue.