The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed.

世界正历一场前所未有的巨大的并购浪潮。

Major business mergers need U.S. government approval to go through, though.

不过，主要的商业合并需要美国政府的批准才能通过。

Just 4 months after approving the highly contentious merger of comcast with NBC Universal.

这是争议颇多的康卡斯特和NBC环球公司合并之后4个月后宣布的。

The reforms will probably have a bigger effect on hospital mergers.

改革可能对医院合并产生更大的影响。

Other media companies considering mergers like Disney and 21st Century Fox are watching carefully.

考虑到迪士尼和21世纪福克斯等公司的并购，其他媒体公司也密切关注。

So that is the difference between mergers and acquisitions, in a nutshell.

总而言之，这就是并购与收购的区别。

Business partners. Mergers and acquisitions. I'm kidding. We're gay.

生意伙" 伴" 。做并购的。开玩笑啦。我们是同志。

In the U.S. mergers and acquisitions need to be approved by the government agencies.

美国，并购需要得到政府机构的批准。

So do European fears of genetically modified food or nationalistic opposition to cross-border mergers.

欧洲对转基因食品的恐惧以及出于民族主义而对跨国兼并的反对也是这种情绪的反应。

At a time, when it's seeking government approval of its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable.

同时，康卡斯特正寻求政府准许其并购时代华纳有线电视公司的计划。

Companies can run into some trouble when they try to vertically integrate via mergers.

企业试图通过合并进行纵向合并时，可能会遇到一些麻烦。

For example, the merger is a no-brainer.

比如，合并是理所当然的。

Supporters of the new supersystems argue that these mergers will allow for substantial cost reductions and better coordinated service.

支持组建超大型铁路集团的认为，兼并将带来成本的大幅降低，服务项目的更好协调。

The decision put a stop to what would have been the largest merger in the industry's history.

该决定阻止了制药历史上最大规模的兼并。

A treasury department action aimed at making tax inversion less lucrative, helping to kill a drug company merger.

为遏制税负倒置，美财政部推出新举措，医药公司合并案叫停。

The government sued to block the merger, saying it would restrict competition, but the airlines agreed to concessions.

政府要求停止兼并，称这将限制竞争，但是航空公司同意了让步条件。

Today, though, we are seeing mergers of some of the greatest scientific minds, regardless of their location.

但是今天呢，我们正见证其中有些最顶尖的科大脑的融合，不管他们哪里。

If the Justice Department succeeds in blocking the merger, some see signals of a new era of government scrutiny.

如果司法部成功阻止合并，一些就会看到政府审查的新时代的信号。

Others were forced into mergers, or needed to be bailed out by the government.

其他机构被迫合并，或者需要政府救助。

After all, it's a vertical merger. That means it's two companies that don't directly compete with one another.

毕竟这是纵向兼并。即两家公司不是直接竞争关系。