It was then repeatedly whittled down, finally to just $34 billion, in a vain attempt to win over a few Republicans.

因此，它的启动资金由开始本就不多的790亿美元，反复削减至最终的340亿美元。 可即便如此，也还是没能赢得几个共和党人的支持，白白折腾了一场。

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Siemens hopes to win orders worth ?6 billion ($8.5 billion) in the next five years.

西门子希望在今后5年内争取6亿欧元（约合8.5亿美元）的订单。

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KBR,the former engineering subsidiary of Halliburton, pleaded guilty in February to charges it paid $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion contract to build a liquefied natural gas plant in southern Nigeria.

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The secret to financial success in sports is simple: win (forget the NFL where everybody makes money thanks to billion-dollar TV deals handed out like candy).

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But Sweeney and others decided the service would eschew ads--a source of half a billion dollars in annual revenue for Nick at the time--to win over parents.

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