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.
snail mail noun [U]. âº âletters or âmessages that are âsent by âpost rather than by âemail: by snail mail Of the 30,000 âvotes received, only 1,000 came by snail âmail. (Definition of snail mail from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).