在2000年，贝塔斯曼董事长Thomas Middelhoff几乎就要把所有书友会卖给《读者文摘》了，可公司的创始家族认为情况会好转的，于是否决了这个想法。

In 2000 Thomas Middelhoff, Bertelsmann's chief executive at the time, nearly sold all its book clubs to Readers Digest, but the firm's founding family decided they could be turned around.

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向这类公司投资大有油水可捞。

There are rich pickings to be had by investing in this sort of company.

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亚马逊、苹果和《纽约时报》等白领公司要求员工在可预见的未来远程办公。

White-collar companies like Amazon, Apple, and The New York Times are asking employees to work from home for the foreseeable future.

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Technically, Fannie and Freddie are private companies -they're traded stocks; you can buy shares in Fannie and Freddie.

技术上,房利美和房地美都是私人公司,它们的股票可流通,你可以购买房利美和房地美的股票

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Each of these firms is trying to maximize profits, but how about the total profit in the industry?

每一家公司都尽力实现利润最大化,可整个行业总利润是怎样计算的呢

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The problem is, if your brokerage firm fails you could lose a lot; you could lose your cash account and your security account.

可问题是,一旦经纪公司破产,你可能损失惨重,赔光你现金账户和证券账户上所有的资金

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