0413 制药行业最大并购案原来是为了避税

Shares in Allergan, a pharmaceutical firm with headquarters in Dublin, fell by 15% in response to suspicion that tax-avoidance legislation would scupper its planned $160 billion merger with Pfizer, an American drugmaker. The deal would be the biggest-ever “tax inversion”, in which one firm becomes a subsidiary of another in a more tax-friendly country. Barack Obama denounced the “insidious” technique.

Pharmaceutical firm: 制药公司

Scupper：使……泡汤

Tax inversion: 税负倒置

Subsidiary：子机构

Denounce：谴责

Insidious：阴险的

歌曲：《礼物》