In addition to suffering from an exodus of experienced talent to other companies, there was a gap between business expectations and technical feasibility.

除了遭遇大批有经验的人才流失到其他公司外，业务预期与技术可行性之间也存在差距。

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Both the new business sub -index and the employment sub-index were higher, however, business expectations remain weak and the overall index is still at a low level.

新商业分项指标和就业分项指标上升，但商业预期指数依然疲软，整体指数仍处于低点。

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Even firms in Germany, the region's hardiest economy, are fearful: a gauge of business expectations compiled by Ifo, a Munich-based research institute, fell in October to its lowest-ever level.

即使对于欧元区经济最稳健的德国来说，情况也令人堪忧：在一份由位于慕尼黑的研究机构IFO所编辑的商业预测报告中显示，德国经济在10月份也会下跌到历史冰点。

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"Some positive signals have appeared in the last weeks, including the evolution of the financial markets, improvement in business expectations and some real indicators, such as export data in Asia,pointing, all of them, to a stabilization of the economy in the second part of this year and a gradual recovering in 2010,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Business expectations have risen slightly despite continuing stagnation in the Scottish economy, a quarterly survey of firms has suggested.

BBC: Scottish economy 'continuing to stagnate'

The monthly Ifo survey of business sentiment increased to 95.8 in January from 95.1 in December, with business expectations rising markedly in German manufacturing.

FORBES: Europe Markets Brief

Job creation was strong in EMs, with seven consecutive quarters of growth, with strong export demand growth (China was the only BRIC to post slower export growth), and muted business expectations, with the exception of India, where services were strong.

FORBES: 'Quantitative Tightening' As Emerging Markets Attempt To Tame Inflation