Faced with a fall in tourist Numbers due to the financial crisis and a reputation for unfriendliness, the Paris Tourist Board has made a simple request of the city's residents: smile.

受金融危机和法国人不友好名声的影响，来法游客人数有所下降，对此巴黎市旅游局向市民提出了一个简单的要求：微笑。

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EU statistics show its overall exports declined in 2009 due to the impact of the financial crisis. However, its exports to China increased by 4 percent.

据欧盟统计，在金融危机的影响下，2009年欧盟的出口整体下降，但对中国出口增长4%。

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The same number, 53 percent, said they were cutting back on spending due to concerns about the financial crisis.

另有53%的人称他们为了应对金融危机而缩减了开支。

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When my local radio station is reporting everyday on how the mayor is re-negotiating or canceling municipal or county collective bargaining agreements due to financial crisis, will this somehow hit home better when the broadcaster relays the results of the stress test, maybe even telling me some grade from A-F has been assigned to my home town by the government?

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"The government has a task to be close to all those citizens who have found themselves in a very difficult situation due to the earthquake, the disaster and of course also due to the financial crisis, " Berlusconi said.

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Issuers of private-label cards, stung by high delinquencies and defaults, pulled back sharply due to the financial crisis.

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