Besides these, firms also had a number of tips for enhancing efficiency.

除此之外，事务所也发现了许多有助于提高审计效率的小窍门。

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Consumers are also perking up, though compared with firms they had barely cut back.

消费者们正在振奋精神，尽管与公司相比它们几乎没有退缩。

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Temasek has also had trouble in Indonesia, over stakes in two telecoms companies bought by firms majority-owned by Temasek.

淡马锡在印尼也遇到了麻烦，两家印尼的电信公司被由淡马锡主要控股的公司收购。

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But most older firms have also had to evolve in order to keep pace with the times.

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But Chinese firms have also had trouble investing in the U.S., most famously in 2005 when Cnooc pulled its effort to acquire Unocal amid fierce political opposition.

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Then, the few attractive workplaces for aspiring British industrialists were provided by foreign-owned car firms such as Ford, which also had its European head office in Britain.

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