Companies have embarked on what looks
like the beginnings of a re-run of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) wave
that defined the second bubbly half of the 1990s. That period, readers might
recall, was characterized by a collective splurge that saw the creation of some
of the most indebted companies in history, many of which later went bankrupt or
were themselves broken up. Wild bidding for teleeoms, internet and media
as- sets, not to mention the madness that was Daimler’ s $ 40 billion motoring
takeover in 1998—1999 of Chrysler or the Time-Warner/AOL megs-merger in 2000,
helped to give mergers a thoroughly bad name. A consensus emerged that M&A
was a great way for in- vestment banks to reap rich fees, and a sure way for
ambitious managers to betray investors by trashing the value of their
shares. Now M&A is back. Its return is a gl A. economic recession B. value destruction C. potential hazards D. asset proposition [单项选择]Companies have embarked on what looks like the beginnings of a re-run of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) wave that defined the second bubbly half of the 1990s. That period, readers might recall, was characterized by a collective splurge that saw the creation of some of the most indebted companies in history, many of which later went bankrupt or were themselves broken up. Wild bidding for telecoms, internet and media assets, not to mention the madness that was Daimler’s $40 billion motoring takeover in 1998-1999 of Chrysler or the Time-Warner/AOL mega-merger in 2000, helped to give mergers a thoroughly bad name. A consensus emerged that M&A was a great way for investment banks to reap rich fees, and a sure way for ambitious managers to betray investors by trashing the value of their shares.
Now M&A is back. Its return is a global phenomenon, but it is perhaps most striking in Europe, where so far this year there has been a stream of deals worth more than $600 billion in total, a A. a valuable demonstration B. a wise plan C. an invisible pitfall D. a worst depravity [单项选择]The new government
embarked upon
a program of radical economic reform.
A. initiated B. produced C. adopted D. implemented 我来回答: 提交
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