THE initial public offering of Agricultural Bank of China, the country's third-largest bank, looks set to become the biggest IPO on record.

中国第三大银行中国农业银行首次公开发行股票，似乎注定要成为有史以来最大的首次公开募股。

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The IPO will raise as much as $11 billion, making it one of the biggest on record.

据悉，这项IPO能筹集高达110亿美元的资金，将成为募集最高纪录之一。

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Global initial public offering (IPO) volumes reached $280.2bn, the second highest annual volume on record after 2007 – again driven by an extraordinary fourth quarter, up 133% on the third quarter.

全球初始发行股票数量达到了2802亿，创下自2007年第二次年度最高，第四季度再一次由于一个特别的驱动，比第三季度上升了133％。

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It is the largest sports IPO globally on record, according to Dealogic, for the most valuable sports team in the world, by Forbes' estimation.

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