In 2008 Merrill Lynch paid cash to staff equivalent to over 100% of the capital left by the year-end.

2008年美林付给员工的工资超过了年底留存资本的总和。

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But according to Francisco Blanch of Merrill Lynch, the rising cost of capital is likely to outweigh all these benefits.

但美林的Francisco Blanch称：资本成本的上升有可能超过其收益。

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At Merrill Lynch and Goldman they accounted for about half of the firms' equity capital last year, up from just over a quarter in 2005.

去年美林以及高盛的大约一半的公司自有资本是这个样子，而2005年只有25%多一点。

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Merrill announced last week it was selling the lion's share of its consumer finance unit, Merrill Lynch Capital, to GE Capital, the financial unit of General Electric.

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Merrill announced last week it was selling the lion's share of its consumer finance unit, Merrill Lynch Capital, to GE Capital, the financial unit of General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ).

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Because there is no principal protection and the notes have maturities past 12 months, all the return on the Merrill Lynch product is capital gain.

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