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Some business jargon is cool

02.24.2009 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

"Certainly over the next six to nine months we could do a bolt-on acquisition," says Clorox chairman and CEO Don Knauss, "something south of $100-$150 million …."

"Bolt-on" is the bee's knees.

Don't you wish your writerly sensibilities didn't prevent you from sometimes talking like that?

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