President Obama said Senate Democrats now have the 60 votes they need to force big U.S.financial firms to change the way they do business.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

The only numbers that appear for the trailing ten years are numbers that are associated with firms that are still in business.

那些用于分析过去10年市场的数字,只能来自于目前仍在营业的公司

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There were probably a number of firms that, over that ten-year period, went out of business.

在这10年间,可能有很多企业已经破产

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Some business groups complain that the proposed tax changes will impose new costs on U.S.firms and make them less competitive in the global marketplace.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Now,which firms do you think went out of business?

你们认为哪些公司破产了呢

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The Obama administration has been especially attuned to criticism that it is not doing enough for small business, and focusing too much on helping big corporations and financial firms.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

One would guarantee that U.S.military technology sent to India is not shared with third countries, and the other would identify two sites in India where U.S.firms would build nuclear power plants potentially $10 billion dollars worth of business.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15