Renters, meanwhile, pay less than they would if they bought the item themselves, or turned to a traditional provider such as a hotel or car-hire firm.

同时，比起自己购买或通过传统的供应商（如酒店或租车公司）购买，租房所花的钱更少。

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The firm specialized in supplying pieces of equipment, such as terminals, tape drives, or printers.

这家公司专营各种设备配件，比如终端机、磁带机、打印机。

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The third template is the boutique—a firm that specialises in a niche area such as emerging markets.

第三种模式是“精品店”—专注于诸如新兴市场的细分领域的公司。

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BASF's workforce by 25, 000 over the past six years, to 103, 000, chopping off weak limbs such as the firm's loss-making audio-tape division and adding new operations, such as the importation of Russian gas.

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Before dumping a co-founder, also make sure you have access to key information, such as the firm's bank account and Internet passwords, and that any intellectual property critical to the business is owned by the firm and not the person you're planning to push out, says Anthony McCusker, a partner with law firm Goodwin Procter in Menlo Park, Calif.

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After ducking the question several times, Mr Lay eventually talks about such miscues as the firm's botched entry into the Californian retail market for electricity and a costly blunder involving North Sea gas some years ago.

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