冰封期是否到来?

After Meltdown Comes an Ice Age

在充满寒意的市场中，并购活动实质上已处于停滞状态。然而，并购市场并未完全消亡，如果需求是创造力之母，那么它也是并购交易之母。剧烈波动的股票市场、令人沮丧的经济数据和寒意阵阵的信用状况均不利于并购的开展。因此，近一时期并购活动的停滞也不足为奇。

It＇s cold out there in the markets and in the freezing conditions, merger and acquisition activity has slowed to a virtual standstill. But the market is not entirely dead, and if necessity is the mother of invention, it can also be the mother of the M＆A deal.