A distressingly large number of firms have been breaking the rules.

违规经营的公司数目之大，令人担忧。

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Most economists do not see price-fixing when it occurs because they expect it to be brought about by a number of explicit agreements among large firms.

大多数经济学家并不认为价格操纵会发生，因为他们认为这是由大公司之间的一系列明确协议所导致的。

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The New York jobless numbers correspond with the start of a large number of layoffs from Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.

纽约的失业人数则源于华尔街公司（如高盛和花旗）的大规模裁员，并随之增长。

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Airlines and consumer goods purveyors are already among its leading advertisers, and it also hopes to sign up a large number of Western firms.

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The other primary factor contributing to the Series A shortfall is the concentration of venture capital funds in the hands of a shrinking number of large firms.

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Not only are a few large wireless firms likely to innovate less than a larger number of small firms.

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