The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures.

零售巨头说，今年糟糕的财务表现促使它开始实施4亿美元的成本削减措施。

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Such measures include implementing the WHO Framework Convention on tobacco Control, such as raising taxes on tobacco, banning tobacco advertising and legislating to curb smoking in public places.

这些措施包括《世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约》的执行，如：提高烟草税、禁止烟草广告及通过立法抑制在公共场所吸烟等。

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The unenviable job of implementing the measures has been handed to Luis Vasquez, the justice minister, who wrote many of them.

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At the European summit on October 18th, the premier promised that he would seek a two-year extension until 2016 for implementing the new measures, thereby softening their impact.

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Redundancies at Airbus had been expected at Airbus, but workers had hoped the number could be kept down to the hundreds by implementing measures to cut the working week and stopping overtime.

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