For some time now, reports of so-called investor attacks have been increasing in the press. The terms "hedge funds" and "private equity" keep appearing. The term "locusts," coined by former SPD chairman Franz Müntefering in this context, has also become an integral part of the language. For example, the manager magazine titled in March 2006: "Attack of the Locusts." The subtitle refers to the new rulers of the financial world. Similarly, Die Welt headlined on September 29, 2007: "TUI faces investor attack." The target here is TUI AG, one of the largest German companies with a revenue of over 20 billion euros in 2006 and a market value of about five billion euros in 2007. The hunter is an American named Guy Wyser-Pratte, who is referred to as a "biter" in the cited newspaper edition.