In addition, the conference market is taking a hit because of the business downturn.

再者，由于商业现状开始低迷，会议用场地的市场也受到了打击。

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That shift was probably in response to a downturn in the results of purchasing managers' surveys of business confidence.

这种转变可能是由于采购经理人的商业信心调查结果显示信心有所下滑。

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They also help the companies to improve their public reputations at a time when business is widely held to be responsible for the downturn.

在人们普遍认为商业应该为经济低迷负责的时候，这些措施还帮助企业改善了公共关系。

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It's just that the banks are struggling with difficult markets and spluttering loan demand in a normal business downturn.

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Even a mild business downturn could cause a revulsion against the kind of easy credit that put so many houses within financial reach (or seemed to).

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And a company must not have a high level of debt, since a moderate business downturn can have a very negative affect on a company when it is stuck with a lot of interest-rate expenses.

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