If eight other projects under consideration get the nod, export earnings could increase by a factor of five.

如果在考虑中的其他的八个项目得到许可，出口的收入可以比原来增加五分之一。

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The major factor causing this pleasant result is a simple one: the retained earnings of those non-controlled holdings we discussed earlier have been translated into gains in market value.

造成这个良好结果的主要的因素在于一个简单的事实：我们前面所讨论的非控股公司的存留收益已经转化为市场价值的增长。

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Other things being equal, a reduction in short-term interest rates should bump up asset values, because their stream of future earnings is discounted by a smaller factor.

在在其他因素不变的情况下，短期利率的降低会减小贴现因子，从而引起资产价格(即未来的现金流入的现值)上升。

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Higher promotional activity to help lower inventory would also be a contributing factor to lower earnings.

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