Last year saw an upheaval in the energy banking industry of almost biblical proportions. Beginning in March, bank consolidations and failures seemed on a runaway train, as JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. foundered and was sold to Banc of America, and Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while Barclays Capital snapped up its best assets.
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机译：去年，能源银行业的动荡几乎达到圣经的比例。 3月初，随着摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase＆Co.）收购贝尔斯登（Bear Stearns Cos。），美林（Merrill Lynch＆Co.）创立并出售给美国银行（Banc of America），雷曼兄弟（Lehman Brothers）申请破产，而巴克莱（Barclays）申请破产，银行的合并和破产似乎步履蹒跚。资本抢购了最好的资产。
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