两年以前很少有人对收购破产的雷曼感兴趣，如今人们却都对雷曼·伦敦的艺术品和纪念物藏品垂涎欲滴。
If there was only limited interest in buying Lehman Brothers itself after it failed two years ago this month, there was an enormous appetite for its London collection of art and memorabilia.
这两者有过一段历史：德国证交所在2006年发起过对欧洲证交所的收购行动，欲经营其巴黎和阿姆斯特丹的证券交易，但是输给了纽约证券交易所。但是输给了纽约证券交易所。
The two have a history: in 2006 Deutsche borse launched a takeover bid for Euronext, which operates the Paris and Amsterdam exchanges among others, but lost out to the New York Stock exchange.
不到一年前，他还因收购了摇摇欲坠的抵押贷款巨头Country wide和救助了投资银行美林(Merrill Lynch)，从而避免了金融灾难而备受称赞。
Less than a year ago, he was hailed for helping avert financial disaster by snapping up teetering mortgage giant Countrywide and rescuing investment bank Merrill Lynch.
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