双语新闻：惠普与EMC合并案告吹

2014-10-08 17:15:19来源：可可英语

　　How would a mega-merger with massive data-storage company EMC Corporation have played intoMeg Whitman’s ongoing turnaround project atHewlett-Packard? The business world may never getan answer, with merger talks between the twocompanies reportedly dead after nearly a year ofsporadic discussions, according to The Wall StreetJournal.

　　假如惠普(Hewlett-Packard)与大型数据储存服务商EMC合并，将对首席执行官梅格o惠特曼重振惠普的计划起到怎样的作用?业界也许永远也不会知道这个问题的答案，因为据《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal)报道，断断续续地磋商了近一年后，双方的谈判无果而终。

　　Citing anonymous sources, WSJ said on Sunday evening as saying it was unlikely the dealtalks would rekindle in what could have been an all-stock merger bringing together twocompanies with a combined market value of more than $128 billion. EMC has also reportedlyheld deal talks with Dell, while Cisco Systems and Oracle Corporation have also been cited aspotential suitors for the Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based company, WSJ says.

　　《华尔街日报》周日晚间称，据匿名消息人士透露，两家公司已不太可能再次商讨合并事项。双方原本可能完全以换股方式进行合并，合并后总市值预计超过1280亿美元。《华尔街日报》同时指出，有报道称总部位于美国马萨诸塞州霍普金顿的EMC公司还与戴尔(Dell)进行了合并谈判。另外，思科系统公司和甲骨文公司也曾被指有意跟EMC联姻。

　　Reports suggest that deal talks between HP and EMC fell apart due to concerns overshareholder support as well as the companies’ inability to reach an agreement on financialterms of a potential deal.

　　相关报道表明，惠普和EMC谈判破裂，是因为担心无法获得股东支持，双方无法就合并的财务条款达成一致。

　　As Fortunenoted over the summer, EMC has recently been under pressure to break itself apartfollowing a public appeal from an activist shareholder – hedge fund manager ElliottManagement, which revealed a $1 billion investment in EMC in July. Elliott had been pushing fora spin-off of EMC’s 80% stake in publicly-traded software VMware as a way to boost EMC’sshare value. EMC’s stock has jumped nearly 10.7% since Elliott’s stake was first reported thissummer and the company’s shares have gained more than 18% so far this year.

　　今年夏天《财富》杂志曾报道，激进股东、对冲基金公司Elliott Management(下称Elliott)的公开呼吁，使EMC最近一直承受着拆分压力。今年7月，Elliott公布了对EMC的10亿美元投资。EMC持有上市软件开发商VMware公司80%的股份，而Elliott一直在催促EMC将该资产剥离出去，以便提升EMC的股票价值。今夏媒体首次报道Elliott投资EMC以来，EMC的股价已经上涨了近10.7%，今年初以来的涨幅更是超过了18%。

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