The industry has a history of splashy mergers and acquisitions, particularly involving technology outfits, which end up destroying value.

传媒业向来喜欢——特别是包括技术设备——声势浩大的合并收购，而结果总是破坏了原有价值。

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An audit would make people realize that, while Bernie Madoff defrauded a lot of investors for a lot of money, the Fed has defrauded every one of us by destroying the value of our money.

一场审计会让人民意识到，伯尼·麦道夫不过坑蒙拐骗了许多人赚了许多钱，而美联储却通过摧毁我们货币的价值欺骗了我们每一个人。

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Agricultural chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers are contaminating our environment, poisoning our precious water supplies, and destroying the value of fertile farmland.

农业化学品、农药、肥料污染了我们的环境，毒化了我们宝贵的饮用水供应，并摧毁了价值肥沃的农田。

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But his view is that the company will resist that course, destroying value in the process.

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However, running that board is Chairman Jerome Feldman, 79, who resigned from former parent GP Strategies in 2005 after shareholders complained about his long record of destroying value.

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Instead of government destroying value by confiscating assets and then try to provide services, government will be reduced to acting as judge and referee in maintaining a level playing field.

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