Banks wrote off record amounts of credit card debt in the past two years as customers failed to make payments amid high unemployment.

银行过去两年的大量信用卡借款被勾销，当在高失业率下顾客未能支付时。

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Financial markets remain troubled and private sector demand lags amid high unemployment, according to a new report from the World Bank.

世界银行最新报告称，金融市场仍然举步维艰，私营部门需求滞后，失业率居高不下。

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The deal, announced a year ago amid high energy prices, would have seen Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries pay Dow $7.5 billion for a 50% stake in several chemical factories.

交易于一年前能源价格高企时被公布，据此科威特石油化学工业将支付陶氏75亿元购买几家化学工厂的50%股份。

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Though the conclave is conducted amid high secrecy, there had been ardent speculation that this one would end quickly.

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It couldn't come at a better time for the industry, which has seen sales decline over the past year amid high gas prices.

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Yet many Afghans are deeply uneasy about the country's fate as the U.S.-led coalition withdraws, amid high-profile attacks in this year's annual spring fighting season.

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