Sears, Toys R Us, the Gap, Old Navy, Wal-Mart: Edith has opened and closed cards at those stores before the companies that issue the cards could make a cent off her.

西尔斯、玩具反斗城、GAP、老海军、沃尔玛:伊迪丝使用然后又在这些公司发行可以赚她钱的信用卡之前停用这些卡。

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Foreign Banks are also benefiting from a grace period allowing them to make loans beyond the stipulated 75 per cent of deposits.

外资银行还受益于存贷比宽限期，使得它们发放的贷款占存款的比例可以超过规定的75%。

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Theoretically, to make up the economic ground lost in less than a decade, the Greeks would need to devalue by 40 per cent.

从理论上讲，要想弥补过去不到十年时间内在经济上的损失，希腊大概需要货币贬值40%。

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Under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, branded-drug companies are allowed to make a profit of up to 21 per cent on any medicines they sell to the NHS. They have a free hand to set the prices when they are introduced but, every five years, the government and the companies agree an across-the-board cut on all drugs.

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Meanwhile, Clinton plans to make a strong statement today in support of the 20-cent-a-pack cigarette tax increase included in the Senate version of the budget.

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Before the reforms, the state bought rice from state farms and co-operatives at 82 chon per kilo (100 chon make one won, worth less than a cent at the official exchange rate).

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