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摘要

In late April press reports appeared saying that US engineering firm GE had made an offer for the energy business of Alstom. Within days a counter offer from Siemens appeared. The GE deal had clearly been under discussion for many months and Alstom saw the proceeds from such a sale as enabling major expansion of the remaining transport business.The Siemens counter proposal involved the German firm acquiring the energy businesses from Alstom and in return, parts of Siemens'rail business would transfer to Alstom. The proposal from Siemens would leave Siemens with products for the ligl rail and metro markets whilst transferring its hi speed, commuter / regional and locomotive businesses to Alstom.