You can call it bottom-fishing, except he's not always buying at the bottom.

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The game is bottom-fishing for deals, fixing up the properties and renting them.

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Sadly for the telecoms firms, bottom-fishing for distressed assets rarely worked, and investors vetoed empire-building deals involving mature assets that yielded few cost synergies.

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Central to the case against bottom-fishing is the protection of underwater mountains, known as seamounts, which are especially rich in marine life of all kinds.

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Bottom-fishing investment banks eventually bailed hedge funds out of their problems.

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Is it time to go bottom-fishing among Korea's steel stocks?

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The oil spill hasn't just hurt BP's bottom line -- it's inflicted heavy blows on Gulf Coast industries like tourism and fishing.

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