For now most firms are sticking it out, but they are anxious.

虽然现在大部分公司都决心坚持到底，但是它们都很焦虑。

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Most firms haven't set aside cash or stock for these IOUs.

大多数公司都没有为这类债务留出现金或股票。

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Lehman's failure showed that straightforward bankruptcy is not ideal as a tool for resolving the biggest, most connected firms.

雷曼倒闭表明，直接破产对解决最大型，且业务最有关联的公司而言，并非一个最理想的工具。

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But the firms most often blamed for precipitating the crisis were colossal investment houses, mortgage institutions, and insurance corporations, many of which required multi-billion-dollar bailouts or government takeovers to stay afloat.

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We would like a model in which firms set prices because for the most part we think firms do set prices not quantities: Not always but for the most part.

我们想要的是一个由公司设定价格的模型,因为在大多数情况下,我们认为公司是设定价格而不是产量,虽然不总是如此,但大多数情况是这样

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Rather, it reflects the fact that America's domestic market is large enough for most firms.

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For most firms that would mean a trip to the pearly gates.

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But labour accounts for only about 10% of costs for most firms.

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