This week,CIT,a lender to small and medium sized businesses, sought bankruptcy protection from its creditors so it can reorganize.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

The truth of the matter is if you look at the technology industry, there's always a few big guys, some medium size guys, lots of small guys, and the names are always changing because the industry is so darn dynamic, and there's so much new stuff being invented.

真相是，如果你回首科技行业，人总会分为三六九等，耳熟能详的名字总在变化,因为这个行业发展实在太快了，有如此多的新事物被发明出来。

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What used to be a large french fry at McDonald's is now the small French fries and so a lot of people will order something, like they'll go to a restaurant and they'll say, well would you like small, medium or large?

现在小包的麦当劳薯条,过去曾是被叫做大包,所以当人们走进饭店,点餐的时候营业员问,你想要小包中包还是大包的薯条

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"So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized business in the next year or so,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

They joined 300 representatives of small and medium-sized Kyrgyz businesses who appealed to interim Finance Minister Temir Sariyev for protection against lawlessness.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

We have taken extraordinary steps to guarantee bank deposits, support small and medium enterprises and provide additional capital to the banking sector if required,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"Over and over we hear from small and medium-size businesses that they can not get the financial assistance, they can't get the technical support that would grow their business.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Grybauskaite has said she wants to help formulate a policy that will stabilise public finances, stimulate exports, absorb EU aid faster and provide tax breaks for small and medium-sized businesses.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

"So I urged these institutions here today to go back and take a third and fourth look about how they are operating when it comes to small business and medium sized business lending,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20