The technology giant has long been a champion of open standards—not least, many say, because it makes most of its money from its huge services arm.

这个技术巨头长期以来一直都是开放式的标准的倡导者，据说很大程度上是因为该公司的利润大多来自于其服务部门。

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Ge's shares lost more than half their value last year, largely because of the poor performance of its financial services arm, ge Capital.

通用的股票相比去年的价值已经下降一半还多，主要原因是通用金融服务部门美国通用金融的表现不如人意。

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When IBM bought the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2002, it seemed like the final piece of the jigsaw needed to complete the services strategy.

当2002年IBM对普华永道咨询公司的收购看起来，似乎是拼上了服务业战略版图的最后一块。

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Mr Buffett may have been forced to go public after a lawsuit was filed last week against Phibro, the commodities arm of the Travelers financial-services group, alleging that it was trying to manipulate the silver market.

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Some are the charitable arm of for-profit financial services institutions such as the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the Schwab Charitable, and the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.

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In addition, the financial-services arm will be starved of the cheap money it has relied upon to date.

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