If bank policy is to make loans and investments equal to whatever reserves are in excess of legal requirements, the expansion process will be carried on.

如果银行的政策是让贷款和投资等于任何超出法律要求的储备金，那么扩张过程将继续下去。

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Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the release of Aung San Suu Kyi would open doors for an expansion in bilateral ties and U.S.investments in Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

Turkey's energy minister said the government wants to suspend some projects with Italy's Eni to help discourage an expansion of energy investments in disputed waters off Cyprus.

WSJ: What's News

They are at max profits with no reason (increasing business) to make investments in expansion or hiring.

FORBES: An Unemployment Report That Screams Spectacular Failure

Living in one large currency zone has allowed eurozone companies to raise huge amounts of money to finance investments and expansion.

BBC: The euro: Still in the doldrums