A new report from ING, an investment bank, warns that as the patents on AstraZeneca’s blockbusters expire in the coming years the firm risks going into “intellectual property meltdown”.
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Edward Chang补充说,那些太过乐观的投行在次级抵押贷款危机中遭受了重创,而高盛集团(Goldman Sachs Group)当初却预见到了灾难性的前景,最终得以全身而退。
Arguably, adds Prof. Chang, investment Banks suffering from the subprime-lending crisis were too optimistic while Goldman Sachs, which plotted out disaster scenarios, has thrived.
On October 17, 2006, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced the purchase of the Chicago Board of Trade for $8 billion in stock, rejoining the two financial institutions as CME Group , Inc .