This left Mr Dimon free to snap up tottering rivals including Bear Stearns, an investment bank, and Washington Mutual, a thrift.

这使得戴蒙能够毫无顾忌地抢购风雨飘摇中的对手，包括投行贝尔斯登，华盛顿互助储蓄银行等。

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And while the Mekong heaves with more than 700 varieties of fish, including a catfish as big as a grizzly bear, the water was too opaque, at the end of the rainy season, for us to see any of them.

湄公河也拥有700多种鱼类，包括像灰熊一样大的大鲶鱼，但在雨季的后期河水浑浊，我们没有看见一条鱼。

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The authors claim that this method would have produced a top ten in July 2007 including Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Bear Stearns and, yes, Lehman Brothers too.

作者们称这种方法会在2007年7月产生前10，包括花旗集团，美林，弗雷迪马克，贝尔斯登，当然还有雷曼兄弟。

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But what makes the Managers' inference even more speculative is the fact that at the December 28th visit, the President gave Ms. Lewinsky even more gifts, including a bear carving from Vancouver, a small blanket and a stuffed animal.

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'The only logical inference, ' according to the House Managers, 'is that the gifts--including the bear symbolizing strength--were a tacit reminder to Ms. Lewinsky that they would deny the relationship--even in the face of a federal subpoena.

CNN: Sen. Levin's closed-door impeachment statement

However, other factors, including a broader retrenchment in the willingness of investors to bear risk, difficulties in valuing complex or illiquid financial products, uncertainties about the exposures of major financial institutions to credit losses, and concerns about the weaker outlook for the economy, have also roiled the financial markets in recent months.

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