Today this idea of selling syrup to locally owned bottlers can be found throughout the soft drink industry.

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The idea of dividing a company up into shares and selling them off, but in practice it involves a lot of complexities.

把公司按照股份进行分割,并且出售这些股份,实际上,这里面大有玄机

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Looks like a good idea to me, but she says, we're having a lot of trouble selling it.

这在我看来是个绝好的主意,但她说,她们的保险销售遇到很多问题

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