"This seems like the latest example of BP taking a calculated risk that goes wrong, " says Kimberly Gladman, director of research at GMI, a corporate governance ratings firm.

“这似乎是英国石油公司存心冒险，最终自食其果的最新例证，”公司治理评级机构GMI公司研究主管金佰利•格莱德曼说。

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This year, just 36 companies have gone public, says new-issue research firm Renaissance Capital LLC, which co-owns the IPO index.

共同拥有富时复兴IPO综合指数的新股研究机构Renaissance Capital LLC说，今年，只有36家公司已经上市。

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In other economic news, a private research firm says U.S. consumer confidence has rebounded somewhat this month, aided by falling energy prices, but that the index remains at a low level.

总部设在纽约的经济研究机构会议委员会报告说，美国的消费者信心在11月份出人意料地有所提高，主要由于能源价格下降，不过消费者信心指数仍然处于很低的水平。

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They will likely surpass that mark this year, says research firm Gamah International, thanks to a flood of press releases, tie-ins with newsletter writers and promotional shows like the recent New York Hard Assets Investment Conference, a free event at the Times Square Marriott Marquis that drew crowds in suits and T shirts and 170 sponsors.

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Third, it is unlikely that one firm will ever dominate the mobile industry as much as Microsoft did in PCs because the most powerful companies will do almost anything to keep this from happening, says Ben Wood of CCS Insight, another research firm.

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"The marketers that have been targeting the super wealthy are going to be OK in this marketplace, " says Pamela Danziger, founder of consumer research and retail consulting firm Unity Marketing.

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