Bear had been the only big firm that refused to help out Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund that came close to the brink in 1998.

贝尔是唯一一家拒绝帮助长期资本管理公司摆脱困境的公司，后者曾是在1998年濒于崩溃边缘的对冲基金。

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Mr. Mills suggests that small businesses interview at least three CFO candidates, assess the quality of the firm they work for and avoid long-term contracts, if possible.

米尔斯建议说，小企业应该面试至少三名CFO候选者，如果可能的话，要评估他们供职公司的资质，还要尽可能避免签订长期合同。

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In other words, the argument is that being in an 'attractive' or 'unattractive' market is not the ultimate determinant of the firm performance in the long term.

换言之，这种论点就是处于一个“有吸引力的”或“没有吸引力的”市场并不是企业长期业绩的最终决定因素。

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Nevertheless, in the medium term the firm will probably have to issue more long-term debt to finance itself (it hopes to gain an investment-grade credit rating this year) and raise more equity, perhaps by listing.

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The gold and silver bears still have the firm near-term technical advantage at present.

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Technically, December gold futures prices hit a six-month high Wednesday and the bulls are in firm near-term technical command.

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