Before recession struck firms in America and Britain had not needed to borrow much, if at all, to finance new offices, factories and plant.

在经济衰退发生前，美国和英国的企业根本不需要借很多钱来资助新的办公室和工厂。

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Much of the Irish assets held by foreigners are factories and offices, rather than bonds and loans, so Ireland is less prone to a sudden stop of overseas finance.

大部分外国人拥有的爱尔兰资产都是工厂和办公室，而不是债券和贷款，所以爱尔兰很难突然遭遇海外资金断流。

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While Finance, Operations and Strategic Planning retained their offices, the Quality Department was banished to a room originally built to house computer servers.

财务部、运营部和战略规划部保住了它们的办公室，而质量部却被“流放”到原本用于存放计算机服务器的一个房间里。

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Corporate actions are a wonderful example of the divide between the front and back offices in finance.

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The firm focused on a number of specialist sectors, including property, renewables, construction, finance and waste with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester.

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By contrast, Ennahda is able to finance thousands of neighborhood offices, where party workers run after-school activities for local children, donate items to needy families, or help neighbors sort out administrative headaches.

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