The median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008.

标普500公司首席执行官的薪酬中位值在2008年下降了6.8个百分点。

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While some U. S. companies will benefit, others will encounter aggressive, new competition with credible technology.

一部分美国公司能从中受益，但另外一些将面对拥有可靠技术的新对手。

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Some U. S. companies don't like employees taking off more than one week at a time.

一些美国公司不希望雇员一次性放假的时间超过一周。

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In addition,news agencies provide updates and companies share product information through Twitter Some critics say Twitter is a waste of time that takes people's attention away from their work.

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It's also the opportunity that new companies have, because they don't have the stuff that gets built up inside companies.

同时也是新公司的机遇，因为新公司的一切,都未成型。

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On the other hand, there's a higher percentage of companies that don't sort of let me say make it.

另一方面，没有能够很好利用新想法,来发展自身获得成功的公司的确不在少数。

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In much the same way that dealing with a patchwork of state regulations often has U.S. companies shifting practices long before the federal government requires them to, complying with assorted international chemical regulations, not to mention supplier codes of conduct from large companies, may have U.S. companies eliminating the most toxic chemicals whether TSCA is reformed or not.

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Japanese companies have the lowest ROE of companies in the world's three largest economies, just 3%, compared with 10% for German companies and 23% for U.S. companies, according to Kathy Matsui, an analyst with Goldman Sachs in Tokyo.

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One indication: In 1992, the world's 500 largest companies outside the U.S. earned, on average, just 2% on sales, against 4.5% for the 500 largest U.S. companies.

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