Executives said they expected the improvement to carry on into 2010 but warned that high unemployment and slow economic growth would continue to keep consumers under pressure.

高管们表示，他们预计好转态势将在2010年持续下去，但警告称，高失业率和缓慢的经济增速将继续对消费者构成压力。

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The employment minister, Tony McNulty, said staff on lower salaries should not forgo their bonuses, but the issue was totally different for senior executives.

就业部长托尼·麦克纳尔蒂表示，低收入员工不会放弃奖金，但是对高管来说这就完全不同了。

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Executives began talking about making changes nearly a year ago, he said, but the recent recall problems have spurred the company to act.

他说，高管们一年前就开始讨论进行调整，不过是最近的召回事件刺激公司付诸行动。

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Johnson Controls executives agreed but said emissions levels from the plant have been below local and national limits, and that in past years local officials focused on emissions levels, not the quota.

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But investigators said the organization's executives gave precious little to veterans and lavished millions on themselves, spending it on boats, beachfront condos and Maseratis, Ferraris and Porsches.

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