GRE阅读练习：全球收购兼并浪潮来临.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：全球收购兼并浪潮来临 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：全球收购兼并浪潮来临 GRE考试精品课程指导  On July 4th the share price of Worldpay, a British payments processor, leapt by 28% after the company said it had received preliminary approaches from JPMorgan Chase, Americas biggest bank, and Vantiv, an American payments firm.  7月4日，英国一家支付运营公司WorldPay，在声明已从美国最 大的银行摩根大通和一家支付公司Vantiv获得了初步的方案后，其股票价格猛涨了28%。  The next day Worldpay said it had accepted a cash-and-shares bid from Vantiv, worth 7.7bn pounds ($10bn) , giving its shareholders 41% of the combined group.  第二天，WorldPay公司表示已经接受了Vantiv公司的现金和股票收购，价值为7.7bn 英镑(100亿美元)，给予其股东联合团队价值的41%。  JPMorgan Chase, sniffily explaining that it had considered a bid after an “invitation” from Worldpay, which is a client, declined to proceed.  摩根大通，不屑一顾地解释道他们考虑投标是因为他们的客户Worldpay公司的“邀请”，现已经拒绝继续了。  Under Britains takeover code that refusal rules out a counter bid for six months.  根据英国的收购法规，摩根大通的拒绝限制了六个月的还价。  The shares slipped back by nearly 9%.  WorldPay公司的股票下跌了近9%。  Vantiv and Worldpay are “merchant acquirers” : companies that have contracts with sellers of goods and services, and licences from credit- and debit-card companies, to accept and process card payments.  Vantiv和WorldPay都是“商户”：与提供产品和服务的卖方有着合同的公司，有着信用和借记卡许可证的公司，接受和处理信用卡支付。  They also provide insurance—for example, refunding disappointed holidaymakers when an airline goes bust.  他们也提供保险比如一家航空公司破产了，他们要赔偿失望的度假者。  Until a few years ago, explains Ali Farid Khwaja of Autonomous, an investment-research firm, acquirers in both America and Europe had to have banking licences.  直到几年前，自治的Ali Farid Khwaja解释道，一家投资研究公司，要求在美国和欧洲的收购者都必须拥有营业执照。  As a consequence, banks still feature in lists of leading acquirers.  因此，银行仍在领先的收购方名单上。  According to the Nilson Report, a newsletter, they accounted for three of Americas top seven last year: JPMorgan Chase ranked first, with Vantiv second.  根据一个时事通讯《尼尔