On September 18th, when Mr Samuelsson launched a euro9.6 billion ($12.2 billion) cash-and shares bid anyway, VW and Investor issued statements within hours to turn down MAN's offer.
About a third of the ring is in Canada, which has some 570 million hectares (1.4 billion acres) of boreal forest: only Russia boasts more.
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雪上加霜的是,新发现的各种超支、亏空和隐藏债务高达34亿欧元,其中仅马德拉岛就占了11亿欧元。
Even worse was the discovery of various overruns, shortfalls and hidden debts totalling EURO3.4 billion, including as much as EURO1.1 billion from the island of Madeira alone.