His customers had cut their orders in half, were asking for smaller lots, and wanted the products they were buying to be tailored to their specific needs.

他的客户缩减了一半的订单，每批次都减少，并希望他们采购的产品是根据他们的需求量身定做。

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While all this data offers opportunity, it's also a curse, breaking the backs of algorithms designed for data sets three orders of magnitude smaller.

在所有这些数据提供机会的同时，也是一种诅咒，远远突破了那些针对小三个数量级的数据集所设计的算法的限度。

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Rebar and wire prices are managing to hold firm for the moment as customers continue to place smaller orders on shorter notice, the report said.

螺纹钢和线材价格的管理公司持有的时刻为客户不断地在较短的通知较小的订单，该报告称。

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But orders for smaller jets have nosedived, forcing Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft, two American firms dependent on this end of the market, to make drastic cuts.

ECONOMIST: Corporate jets

Rubicon said that while the pricing environment has not improved for the smaller wafer sizes, it has started taking orders for those products for delivery in Q1 and Q2 to reduce inventory levels and maintain customer relationships.

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Already, Russia is seeking export orders for its smaller Superjet (a demonstrator model of which crashed in Indonesia in May, though apparently not due to any technical fault).

ECONOMIST: Industry in Russia