有专家称,1999年是个“兼并年”,各行各业中的一些大企业之间的相互兼并“你方唱罢我登场”,引起一波又一波的“地震”。而在这一年的11月底,备受世界石油业和我刊关注的的跨国石油公司埃克森和美孚的“联姻”也瓜熟蒂落——美国联邦贸易委员会批准了埃克森石油公司以高达810亿美元收购美孚石油公司的兼并案,这意味着全球私有石油公司中的新巨无霸已经诞生。 这是否意味着两大石油巨头的合并工作已经大功告成? Some experts said that 1999 was a “year of mergers.” Mergers and acquisitions between some large enterprises in various trades and industries. “You sing it to me,” causing waves and waves of “earthquakes.” And by the end of November this year, the “marriage” of Exxon and Mobil, a multinational oil company that was heavily concerned by the world’s oil industry and my concern, was ripe - the Federal Trade Commission approved Exxon for up to 810 A billion dollar acquisition of Mobil Oil’s merger, which means that the new giant in the global private oil company has been born. Does this mean that the merger of the two big oil giants has been accomplished?