The NYSE-Euronext merger is the most ambitious attempt yet at cross-border exchange consolidation.

纽约股票市场与欧交所的合并是跨国交易所合并中最雄心勃勃的了。

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In 2002, Packard teamed with Bill Hewlett - son of co-founder Walter Hewlett - in an attempt to kill Fiorina's planned merger with Compaq.

在2002年，帕卡德曾结盟比尔·休利特(Bill Hewlett)——共同创始人沃特·休利特(Walter Hewlett)的儿子——试图扼杀菲奥里娜购并康柏(Compaq)的计划。

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In 2002, Packard teamed with Bill Hewlett -son of co-founder Walter Hewlett -in an attempt to kill Fiorina's planned merger with Compaq.

在2002年，帕卡德曾结盟比尔·休利特(Bill Hewlett)——共同创始人沃特·休利特(Walter Hewlett)的儿子——试图扼杀菲奥里娜购并康柏(Compaq)的计划。

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There was another failed merger attempt with United Airlines in 2008, which went on to merge with Continental in 2010.

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Will they attempt to revive the merger at some future date?

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He saw the announcement of a merger as an attempt to rile up Sunnis in Iraq by convincing them they were fighting the same cause as Syria's rebels, against Shiite domination.

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