GE recently imposed limits on the number of private-equity firms that could club together to bid for its plastics division to try to ensure a competitive auction rather than a carve-up.

• 最近通用（GE）要出售其塑料业务时，就给能联合竞标的私募股本公司作了数量上的限制，想以此来保证拍卖的竞争性，而不会变成一场“瓜分大餐”。