BC News news with Jerry Smit. One of the oldest and most prestigious investment banks in the United States Lehman Brothers has said he is it's filing for bankruptcy protection after suffering m multi-billion dollar losses, largely in the US mortgage market. Lehmon imploys Lehman employs more than 25,000 people worldwide. In another dramatic development, the world's biggest insurance company ALG AIG was reported to be seeking emergency funding of around $40 billion dollars from the US central bank, the Federal Reserveand . And the Bank of America says it is agree has agreed to buy the world's largest brokerage firm Merrill Lynch for about $50 billiondollars . Here's our business editor Robert Peston. "For Wallstreet its Wall Street, it's probably be been the most extraordinary 24 hours since the later late 1920s. The That Merrill Lynch stearing is steering itself to into safe habe along a harbour, no longer confident with of its future as an independent, is almost as shocking as Lehman Brothers Brother's demiseand . And one of the world's biggest insurance ALG insurers, AIG, is rearing reeling from his losses on its exposion exposure to real estate. The global financial economy has never in recent years be been tested by quite such a compensation an combination of accidents in the confidence. and jolts to confidence." Share prices who take have taken a battering in response to the financial turmoil in the United States. London's leading share indes index had plunged 5% by mid day mid-day. A fall marid in full Merrill Lynch Frankfurt in Paris when where the main index is were around 4% lower. Asia's biggest stock markets were closed for a holiday, which shares in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and India would were down shapely sharply.


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美国成立时间最长最有威望的投资银行雷蒙兄弟在遭遇损失数百亿美元之后，主要损失在抵押信贷市场，宣布它正在申请破产保护。雷蒙在全世界的员工超过25，000人。在另一令人注目的发展中，有报道称世界最大的保险公司美国国际集团向美国中央银行和美国联邦储备银行寻求大约400亿美元的救济资金。而美国银行同意以500亿美元的价格收购世界上最大的经纪公司美林证卷公司。以下是我们商业版编辑鲁伯特的报道。

对华尔街来说，这可能是自二十世纪三十年代以来最特别的一天。美林证券公司对作为一个独立的公司的未来前景失去信心，驶进了安全港，这和雷蒙的破产同样令人震惊。世界最大的保险公司美国国际集团正承受房地产损失被揭露的压力。全球的金融经济从没有像这几年一样受到一连串的突发事件和动摇的信心的考验。

由于美国的金融动荡股市收到了重创。到正午伦敦股已指下降了5%，法兰克福和巴黎的主要指数也都下降了4%。亚洲最大的证券市场停业休假一天，澳洲，新加坡，台湾和印度的股市价格都剧烈下降。

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雷曼兄弟是美国历史上最悠久最享有盛誉的投资银行之一.在美国房贷主战场和其他地方遭受到高达数十亿美圆的亏损后,雷曼兄弟宣布将申请破产保护.雷曼在全球有25,000名员工.在这急剧发展的另外一方,有报道称世界上最大的保险公司美国国保正向美国中央银行联邦筹备局寻求约四百亿美圆的急救资助.美国银行称它同意以约150亿美圆收购世界上最大的中介公司Merrill Lynch.以下是我们经济版主编Robert Peston的报道.

对于华尔街来说,这很可能是自20世纪20年代以来最难熬的一天.Meriill Lynch正为自己的将来做打算,以度过破产危机.人们不再相信它能独自解决这一危机.这种信任危机就好比雷曼兄弟的破产的噩耗一样.世界上最大的保险公司美国国保由于被披露它在房地产的亏损,正面临信任危机.由于意外频繁,信心下挫的双重冲击,全球金融与经济正面临近年来未由过的挑战.由于美国的金融骚动,股票价格相应地受到打击.

伦敦领头股指在中午下挫5个百分点.伦敦主要指数市场,整个Merrill Lynch法兰克福股市下降了4个百分点.亚洲最大的几个股票市场(大陆和香港)由于假日而停市,但在停市当天,澳大利亚,新加坡,台湾和印度的股价大幅下降.

steer:驶入
steer sth into safe harbout:驶进避风港,有引申意义
reel:

n. 卷轴,一卷,纺车,旋转,蹒跚
vt. 卷…于轴上,卷,绕,使旋转
vi. 唧唧叫
demise:死亡,倒闭
as....as....和....一样
turmoil:n. 骚动,混乱
AIG: 美国国家保险
jolt:打击,震摇,摇动,颠簸