Critics of the move -- including several Cuban-Americans in Congress -- warned that the money sent back to Cuba would ultimately line the pockets of Cuba's communist officials.

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Historically, money lenders of one sort or another go back -who knows how far back -thousands of years.

从历史上讲,放债人的存在可以追溯到,谁知道多久以前,数千年前吧

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Here I was, back at Yale, with a billion dollar portfolio -it seemed like a lot of money at the time no portfolio management experience.

那时我在耶鲁,要管理上十亿美元的投资组合,在当时,那是笔巨款,而我却没有任何投资组合管理经验

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When you buy a house, you borrow the money and you pay it back in fixed-- it would usually be monthly, but let's say annual payments.

当你买了一座房子,你贷了些款,然后你在一定的时间内偿还一部分,一般来说都是按月来算的,但是假设我们是按年支付的

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Earnings are something that accountants have generated and they've been doing it all the way back to 1871-- it's a venerable concept; it's how much money the company made this year, if it's annual earnings.

收益是会计们算出来的,从1871年来一直如此,他们值得尊敬,年收益指的是公司这一年赚到的钱

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It becomes an arm-twisting thing -because of this risk of moral hazard, the bank has a threat to take the money back and they are going to find out quickly if you, as a company, are behaving wrong.

这衍变成一种施压行为...,由于道德风险的存在,银行恐怕收不回欠款,因此,在你的公司行为不良时,他们便会迅速发现此事

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