2015考研英语阅读Verizon的大手笔
<p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Verizon">Verizon</span></p><p> <span word="Verizon">Verizon</span>的大手笔</p><p> <span word="DEBT">DEBT</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>? <span word="What">What</span> <span word="debt">debt</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span>-<span word="bond">bond</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="thisweek">thisweek</span>. <span word="Verizon">Verizon</span> <span word="Communications">Communications</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="telecoms">telecoms</span> <span word="group">group</span>, <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whopping">whopping</span> $49 <span word="billionof">billionof</span> <span word="bonds">bonds</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="finance">finance</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="buy">buy</span>-<span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Vodafones">Vodafones</span> <span word="stake">stake</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="wireless">wireless</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>. <span word="Thatshattered">Thatshattered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="record">record</span>, <span word="Apples">Apples</span> <span word="paltry">paltry</span> $17 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p> 债务危机?什么样的债务危机?史上最大的企业债券发行本周完成了。一家美国电信集团<span word="Verizon">Verizon</span>通讯为了支付沃达丰持有的无线业务股权买断费用，发行了高达490亿美元的债券。</p><p> 这打破了此前的纪录，苹果在今年早些时候发行了现在看来微不足道的170亿美元的债券。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Verizons">Verizons</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="unprecedented">unprecedented</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="foray">foray</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bond">bond</span> <span word="marketsis">marketsis</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="but">but</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> $1.4 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span> <span word="bonds">bonds</span> <span word="wereissued">wereissued</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Dealogic">Dealogic</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="provider">provider</span>, <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="with">with</span> $1.3 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="thesame">thesame</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2012. <span word="Firms">Firms</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="keen">keen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lock">lock</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="financing">financing</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="yields">yields</span>,<span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="borrowing">borrowing</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="Reserve">Reserve</span> <span word="hinted">hinted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="May">May</span> <span word="atslowing">atslowing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="asset">asset</span> <span word="purchases">purchases</span>.</p><p> <span word="Verizon">Verizon</span>的发行规模可谓是前所未有的，但是这不是其首次尝试债券市场了。根据数据提供商<span word="Dealogic">Dealogic</span>的数据，今年前8个月世界范围内有1.4万亿公司债券发行，2012年同期金额为1.3万亿。各公司一直热衷于以低收益率参与长期融资，尤其是自从美联储五月暗示放缓其资产购买之后，借贷成本开始上升。</p>
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