Let's take an example of an important kind of private company, called a hedge fund.

我举个例子,一种重要的私募券商,叫做对冲基金

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None of you would expect a private company to fund our military or our firefighters.

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Analysts at Panmure Gordon Co. said it was plausible that Kraft Foods might team up with a private equity firm to buy Cadbury and divide the assets between them, with Kraft getting the confectionary business and the private equity fund getting the company's stable and profitable beverage unit.

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Analysts at Panmure Gordon Co. said it was plausible that Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) might team up with a private equity firm to buy Cadbury and divide the assets between them, with Kraft getting the confectionary business and the private equity fund getting the company's stable and profitable beverage unit.

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