The most fundamental business process in any company is getting an idea from inception to where it is making you money.

在任何公司里，最根本的业务流程都是这样：使一个最初的想法经过流程最终赚到钱。

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It is easy to scoff at the idea of an arms firm preaching ethics, particularly one that is still making money from deals concluded before its squeaky-clean rules were put in place.

要嘲笑一个军火商去鼓吹道德是很容易的，尤其是这个公司在实施它一尘不染的规定之前达成的那些交易还在挣钱的时候。

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The idea is not for them to transfer from making money to making it easier for Goldman to make money.

其构想并不是让他们从赚钱变成让高盛更容易赚钱。

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Priceline is hoping that it will be able to make a lot of money from licensing its novel auction idea to other Internet firms such as Yahoo!

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According to a report from Korea's Money Today, the idea is to create a device for older customers that's easier to read with bigger icons and letters on its large 5-inch low res screen (as opposed to the 5-inch 1080p pixel density monsters we're now accustomed to), with a quad-core CPU pushing Android 4.1 and its Smart Stay features plus a 2, 100mAh battery.

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Instead of gathering dust, this money went fleeing to the higher returns from money market and mutual funds, thus allowing anyone with an idea to either invest or get access to capital to build a company of their own, go public, and create enormous wealth.

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