Having started out with rich margins, by 2006 they were barely breaking even.

他们在起步的时候有较高的利润，可是到2006年生意就基本算是保本了。

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Our competitors have undercut us by 10% percent on the price of our latest model. There is no way will be able to compete against that. We're barely breaking even with the present prices.

我们的竞争对手的价格比我们最新一款的产品价格低10%。那样我们根本不可能与他们竞争。就目前的价位我们刚刚能维持不赢不亏。

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Field owned a print shop in Livingston, population 6, 851, that was barely breaking even.

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That's barely breaking even and adds more pressure to a company that so far has tried to stay in the "not so bad" column on the roster of Wall Street firms hit by the credit crisis.

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"We were barely breaking even, " says Bjornson.

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