Apple's focus remains on its core U. S. market, and also on Europe.

苹果的重点依然在其核心的美国市场，同时还有欧洲市场。

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In recent quarters, GM has relied on strong operations overseas, notably in China, Russia and Brazil, to offset weakness in its core U. S. market.

在最近几个季度，通用汽车一直依靠强大的海外业务，特别是在中国、俄罗斯和巴西来抵消其核心美国市场的低迷。

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"Clearly the oil situation, gas situation, has had an impact on bigger SUVs," said Steve Lyons, President of Ford's core Ford division. He said the run-up in u.

福特最大的分公司总裁史蒂夫·里昂说：“很显然，石油和汽油居高不下的价格对大型SUV产生了很大影响。”

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Core U.S. consumer prices (discounting energy and food) rose a less than expected 0.1% in July, but the core inflation rate was 2.4%.

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Core U.S. national security interests and objectives have changed very little since the end of the Cold War and the formulation of the two-theater-war sizing construct.

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That is because we may have just seen the end of the free-trade consensus that has been at the core of U.S. international economic policy for both parties since World War II.

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