This week it emerged that Rio and Chinalco were in late-stage talks to jointly develop a large-scale iron ore deposit in Guinea in the first of several moves aimed at healing relations.

本周传来消息称，力拓与中铝已就联合开发几内亚一座大型铁矿进入后期谈判，这是力拓为修复关系而采取的多项举措中的第一步。

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Large scale solar installations are usually in sunny, dry desert areas where winds can deposit layers of dust over the solar panels.

大规模的太阳能装置通常安装在阳光充足、气候干燥的沙漠地区，太阳能电池板上会被风吹上层层的灰尘。

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At the other end of the scale, it is no surprise to find Ireland at the top for the highest loan-to-deposit ratios.

在另一个排名的最后，爱尔兰在贷存比中高踞首位毫不奇怪。

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He said president Obama was not talking of a full-scale break-up of the banks but wanted to "separate retail deposit-taking from large-scale proprietary trading, large internal hedge funds and large internal private equity funds and I agree with him".

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The larger deposit base will give the combined company economies of scale and will enable it to compete with JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America with a "nationwide banking presence, " he says.

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