Work time has been reduced in the past 200 years from about 12 hours a day to less then 8 hours per day and the working week from 7 days to 5.

在过去200年里，工作时间已经从每天大约12小时减少到每天低于8小时以及每周工作7天减为5天。

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Overthe next 30 days, 65 percent of people expect to spend the same or morethan they spent in the past 30 days and one-third intend to spend less,according to the survey prepared for American Express.

根据这项为美国运通开展的调查，在未来30天内，65%的人的消费支出将等同或超过过去30天，三分之一的人则打算少花点钱。

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On some days during the past month, AIG trading volume topped 130 million shares — nearly equaling the total number of existing common shares — up from less than 10 million a day in early August.

过去一个月中的几天，AIG股票交易量一度超过1.3亿股，几乎相当于现有普通股的总量，而8月初该股日交易量不到1,000万股。

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U.S., European and Japanese companies involved in more traditional industries have less access to capital these days and may be less likely strategic buyers than in the past.

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In short, within the past few days, Android (likely) became less open while webOS became more open.

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Less commercial researchers are also deep in fat, as in the past few days researchers have released several reports slicing and dicing the causes of the so-called epidemic of obesity.

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