【中英互译】能源之争-欧洲公用事业掀起合并风潮.docxVIP

【中英互译】能源之争 -欧洲公用事业掀起合并风潮 Power struggles 能源之争（陈继龙 编译） Nov 30th 2006 From The Economist print edition Political and business interests collide as Europes energy firms conso lidate 欧洲能源公司合并引发政治与商业利益冲突。 “WE expected a wave—but what ha ppened was a tsuna mi,” says Emmanuel Turpin, a utilities a nalyst at Morgan Sta nley, an investment b ank. Energy-industry insiders predicted a series of mergers and acquisitions in European utilitie s at the beginning of this year. But hardly anyone expected the announce ment in February of two of the biggest-ever takeovers in corporate Europ the bid for End