Granted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be?
诚然该公司没有违犯那条法律，那条法律就是对的吗？
Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.
尽管他们的离职与公司随后的糟糕业绩之间存在相关性，但这并不总是意味着这些董事一走了之的是一家濒临倒闭的公司。
It is not, however, an American firm that has led the change.
然而，这一切的改变却不是拜美国公司所赐。
It is not surprising that investors and credit-rating agencies view the prospect of a hung parliament with alarm, fearing that the lack of firm leadership will delay fiscal retrenchment.
这就不奇怪投资者和客户信贷分类机构警惕的看待一个无任何党派占明显多数的议会的前景，他们害怕稳固的领导能力的缺乏将推迟财政紧缩。
"You can't not have Banks, and you can't not have trading," an executive at a big private-equity firm said to me. "Part of the value in a stock is the knowledge that you can sell it this afternoon."
“你不能没有银行，而且你不能没有交易，”一位大型私募公司的执行官对我说：“股票的部分价值就在于你能够在今天下午卖掉它。”
A recent survey among European financial services firm shows that there is still a bias toward in-house development, although it is not as strong as it has been in the past.
一项最近的对欧洲金融服务公司的调查表明，对室内开发的偏见仍然存在，尽管已经没有过去那么强烈。
That's not as clear as this traffic analyst firm argues that it is, but it could happen.
这不是像流量分析公司说的那么清楚，它是但可能变成真的。
It is not the only Indian financial firm with ambitions abroad.
Religare并不是印度金融公司中立志于海外扩张的特例。
Sigurdur Olafsson, the firm’s chief executive, also points out that because his firm is privately held, it has not been directly affected by stockmarket declines.
公司的CEO Sigurdur Olafsson先生指出因为他的公司是私人持有的，因此也不会受到股市暴跌的直接影响。
But although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.
不过，尽管外部董事离任与该公司随后的糟糕表现之间的关联暗示着这一点，但这并不意味着此类董事总是在跳出正在沉没之船。
It is not enough to give us the firm beliefs which we need to resist an enemy who USES propaganda as one of his main weapons not only in the most blatant but also in the most subtle forms.
它不足以给予我们坚定的信念，而我们需要它来抵挡一种敌人——他最重要的武器之一就是利用宣传，不仅最为喧嚣弥天，而且是诡诈阴险的形式。
"We are not going around in circles," Kilonzo said. "it is just that we have firm positions on both sides."
基伦佐说：“我们不会在一些圈子里打转，只不过是我们双方都具有坚定的立场。”
But the firm does not have the resources to put the E-4 into production and is looking for other groups or investors interested in helping it take the idea forward.
但是该公司没有把E - 4投入生产所需的资源，他们正在寻求其他公司或者有兴趣帮助他们的投资人来一起推进这个概念。
But if it is proven that news Corporation's managers condoned lawbreaking, they should not be running any newspaper or television firm.
如果经证明，新闻集团的经理纵容违法，那他们不应该经营任何报纸或电视公司。
It is not easy for a firm to play both the primary and the secondary market.
在一二级市场上同时如鱼得水，对于一家公司并不是易事。
Firm yet tender bean curd that holds its shape during cooking -- 'When you cook it you just sort of nudge the tofu with the back of a spoon to mix but not break it,' is essential, advises Ms. Dunlop.
又韧又软的豆腐，在烹制过程当中保持原型。 扶霞建议，在烹制麻婆豆腐时，只能用勺子背面轻推豆腐，让豆腐与调料充份混合，但不要碰碎豆腐，这一点很关键。
The North Rhine-Westphalia election will not settle the matter, but it will give Mrs Merkel's government its first firm indication of whether it is on the right track.
北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚州的选举解决不了这些问题，但可以首次给默克尔一个稳定的信号来确定一切是否步入正轨。
When it is not distracted by the pursuit of exciting deals, the firm has fought shrewdly to prevent newspaper articles, television programmes and films from turning into digital flotsam.
当它还未因过分追求那些令人激动的收购交易而分神时，这家公司非常精明，努力奋战，防止报纸文章，电视节目以及电影变成数字产品。
While not every financial firm or employee contributed to the crisis, it is clear that too many acted improperly and some products were pushed to a level of unsustainable complexity.
虽然不是每家金融公司或每个金融从业人员都对危机起到了促进作用，但显然有太多的人行为失当，部分产品的复杂程度达到了难以维系的水平。
Such sloppiness is not only reflective of the firm, it also puts off potential applicants because of the lack of attention to detail.
这些被忽视了的细节不仅仅有损企业的公众形象，也同样对潜在候选人造成负面的影响。
Mediobanca, for instance, is believed to discourage the firm from using shares to make acquisitions because it does not want its stake in the insurer to be diluted.
以地中海银行为例，它被认为一直反对忠利利用公司股份进行收购，因为那将稀释它在忠利的股权。
Although the move smacks of desperation, GM is not the only firm hoping that discounting can help it weather a sluggish global economy.
尽管这一举措似乎有点孤注一掷，但通用汽车却非唯一一家期望通过降价度过全球经济疲软时期的公司。
HSBC is not a mediocre firm in crisis. It is a great one slipping towards mediocrity.
在金融危机中，汇丰不是一个平庸的企业，但汇丰是一家正在从伟大滑向平庸的企业。
It is not clear whether these were firm offers or merely the airing of possibilities; nor, since the leaks were presumably selective, whether Israel demonstrated any matching flexibility.
现在既不能确定谈判中的让步是确实的报价还是对可能性的陈述，而且由于文件的披露是选择性的，也不能确认以色列人是否也展现了对应的灵活性。
If it is not too much trouble, we look forward to our tour for your firm, and moreover, we would like to talk to some of the technicians.
如果不是太麻烦的话，我们盼着参观你们的工厂，并想与技术员交流交流。
There is another reason why many new internet start-ups will never make it to the trading floor but must rest their hopes on getting bought by a bigger firm. There is just not enough capital involved.
还有一个原因可以解释为什么众多新成立的互联网公司无法上市而只能寄希望于大公司的收购，它们没有足够的资金。
NOW is not a good time, it seems, to be running a big pharmaceuticals firm.
要经营大型制药公司，目前看来不是好时候。
"It's eating their lunch," he says. Facebook's Mr Taylor insists that there is no conflict because his firm does not produce content but merely provides "valuable distribution" for it.
facebook在吃他们的那口饭“，他表示，来自facebook的Taylor先生则表示这里面并没有冲突，因为facebook本身并不产生内容，只是提供一个有价值的传播作用而已。”
"It's eating their lunch," he says. Facebook's Mr Taylor insists that there is no conflict because his firm does not produce content but merely provides "valuable distribution" for it.
facebook在吃他们的那口饭“，他表示，来自facebook的Taylor先生则表示这里面并没有冲突，因为facebook本身并不产生内容，只是提供一个有价值的传播作用而已。”
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