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AkzoNobel, a Dutch maker of paints and coatings, rejected a third informal takeover offer, worth 26.9bn euros ($28.8bn), from PPG, an American rival.
荷蘭油漆涂料公司AkzoNobel拒絕了美國(guó)對(duì)手PPG價(jià)值兩百六十九億歐元（約合兩百八十八億美元）的第三次非正式收購(gòu)要約。
That prompted Elliott Advisors, a hedge fund with a 3% stake in Akzo,
這促使在該企業(yè)擁有3%股權(quán)的對(duì)沖基金Elliott Advisors啟動(dòng)法定程序，
to start legal proceedings to force the company to call an extraordinary meeting of shareholders, at which Elliott will try to oust Akzo's chairman.
迫使公司召開(kāi)特別股東大會(huì)，Elliott將試圖在會(huì)上罷免Akzo董事會(huì)主席。
Elliott wants Akzo at least to talk to PPG, arguing that its decision not to is a “flagrant breach” of its fiduciary duties.
Elliot希望Akzo至少與PPG開(kāi)展對(duì)話，并稱不這么做是“嚴(yán)重違背”信托義務(wù)的行為。
But Akzo is governed by a foundation that makes it almost impossible for shareholders to turf out the board.
但是Akzo是由一家基金會(huì)管理的，這使得股東們幾乎不能夠拋棄董事會(huì)。
Whole Foods replaced its chairman and chief financial officer, a month after an activist hedge-fund revealed that it had accumulated a 9% stake in the retailer and called for a shake-up in management.
零售公司W(wǎng)hole Foods 更換了董事會(huì)主席和首席財(cái)務(wù)官，一家活躍型對(duì)沖基金在一個(gè)月之前宣布在該公司股份累積到9%，并要求對(duì)管理層做出重大調(diào)整。
The company named several new people to the board, including the founder of Panera Breads, a rising bakery chain.
公司向董事會(huì)提名了新人選，其中包括成長(zhǎng)中的烘焙連鎖公司Panera Breads 的創(chuàng)始人。
Jes Staley, the chief executive of Barclays, was confronted by angry shareholders at the British bank’s annual general meeting over his attempt to unmask an internal whistleblower.
巴克萊首席執(zhí)行官杰斯·斯特利(Jes Staley)在英國(guó)銀行年度股東大會(huì)上試圖揭露一名內(nèi)部告密者時(shí)遭到憤怒的股東對(duì)抗。
Mr Staley has been reprimanded by the board over his lapse of judgment, but the chairman, John McFarlane, gave him his full support at the AGM, promising that Mr Staley has learned his lesson.
Staley由于他的判斷失誤而飽受董事會(huì)指責(zé)，但是主席John McFarlane 在年度大會(huì)上給予他全力的支持，并保證Staley已經(jīng)接受教訓(xùn)了。
Commerzbank reported net income of 217m euros ($231m) for the first quarter.
德國(guó)商業(yè)銀行報(bào)告第一季度凈收入兩億一千七百萬(wàn)歐元（約合兩億三千一百萬(wàn)美元）。
That was better than the profit it made in the equivalent period last year, mostly because of an improvement in the division that handles unwanted assets.
這優(yōu)于去年同期的盈利水平，很大程度上是因?yàn)楦倪M(jìn)后的下屬部門(mén)處理了多余的資產(chǎn)。
Germany’s second-biggest lender described Europe’s negative interest rates as a “burden” that hampers its fortunes.
這家德國(guó)第二大貸款人把歐洲的負(fù)利率描述為阻礙收入增長(zhǎng)的“負(fù)擔(dān)”。
譯文來(lái)源考研英語(yǔ)時(shí)事閱讀
