Even if Lehman had been saved, though, other dominoes were wobbling, including Merrill Lynch, AIG (an operation of "stunning" incompetence) and possibly even his old employer.

即使雷曼公司被拯救了，其他公司也会受到影响，包括美林证券，美国国际集团(一次惊人无能的行动)甚至可能有他的老雇主。

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But a Downing Street spokesman called the mansion tax a "stunning admission of economic incompetence".

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