Sony Corp, maker of the PlayStation 3 game console, recently reported a better-than-expected 3.8% increase in revenue for its fiscal first quarter.

而游戏机PlayStation 3的制造商索尼公司(Sony Corp .)最近公布的第一财季收入增幅也好于预期，达3.8%。

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The European debt crisis looms as a subplot to the game, and although soccer has no direct effect on European fiscal policy, the game serves as an outlet for the tension between the Greeks and the Germans.

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It should be a sobering lesson for self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives who talk a big game about cutting spending but then hesitate when it comes to the money we spend on war.

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The debt ceiling remains a chip in the brinkmanship game between Democrats and Republicans over the fiscal cliff.

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