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2001年12月2日,全球最大的能源交易商安然公司向外界宣布向纽约法院申请破产保护。它开列的资产总额为498亿美元,为美国有史以来最大宗的破产申请案。安然公司曾经是叱咤风云的“能源帝国”。它1985年由两家天然气公司合并而成,在短短的16年内一路飞腾,2000年的总收入高达1000亿美元,名列《财富》杂志“美国500强”中第七,过去10年来一直是美国乃至世界最大的能源交易商,在其最辉煌的年代,它掌控着美国20％的电能和天然气交易。安然不仅是天然气和电力行业的巨擘,而且还是电信、投资、纸业、木材和保险业的大腕。这家超级“巨
December 2, 2001, Enron, the world’s largest energy dealer, announced to the outside world to New York court for bankruptcy protection. It listed a total assets of 49.8 billion US dollars, the United States the largest bankruptcy petition ever. Enron was a once-over-all “energy empire.” It was merged in 1985 by two natural gas companies and soared in only 16 years. In 2000, its total revenue reached 100 billion U.S. dollars, ranking seventh in the Fortune 500 of the Fortune 500 and has been for the past 10 years Is the largest energy trader in the United States and the world and controls 20% of the electricity and gas transactions in the United States in its most glorious era. Enron is not only a giant in the gas and power industry, but also a big player in telecommunications, investment, paper, timber and insurance. This super "giant