A merger is vital for the firms .

合并对这两家公司都是至关重要的。

America 's regulators gave the merger their blessing three months ago .

美国的监管者3个月之前对此项并购表示祝贺。

If the company arrived via a reverse merger , watch out .

如果一家公司通过反向并购登陆美国市场，那就要当心了。

Merger activity dwindled compared with 2007 .

相对2007年而言，合并行为有所减少。

Merger and failure have thinned their ranks .

企业的合并与破产降低了他们的竞争等级。

Capital markets bankers are almost as fixated on merger activity as their investment banking colleagues .

资本市场的银行家几乎和投资银行的同行们一样迷恋并购交易。

But history suggests that once a merger wave begins , it can grow quickly .

但是历史告诉我们，一旦兼并浪潮兴起，它的发展就将一泻千里。

But it completed its formal merger only in february .

但直到今年二月才完成正式的合并。

Mr. glasenberg has long coveted a merger with xstrata .

格拉森伯格早就渴望与xstrata合并。

Nor would a merger necessarily mean increases in trading charges .

合并也并不一定就意味着交易费用的增加。