Higher costs for raw materials such as steel, aluminum and rubber may constrain automakers from taking advantage of record global sales this year, Fitch's Brown said in a telephone interview.

原材料如钢铁、铝和橡胶成本的上升可能阻碍汽车制造商从今年创纪律的全球销售额中获益，惠誉评级的布朗在一次电话采访中说。

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In the battle against global warming, Gordon Brown professes to see an opportunity to save the world.

在对抗全球变暖的战役上，戈登·布朗宣称看到了拯救世界的契机。

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"We believe that in this new global age, our prosperity is indivisible," said Gordon Brown.

布朗说：“我们相信，在这个新的全球化时代，我们的繁荣是不可分割的。”

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Mr.Brown is on a tour to promote a coordinated international response to the global financial crisis.

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Another Brown favorite: Fidelity Worldwide (FWWFX), a broadly diversified global growth fund that Brown describes as a fairly conservative fund with a decent long-term record of 16.7% per year on average over the last five years.

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Marc Chandler, head of global currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, said this data has two-fold implications.

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FedEx dispatched a van equipped with a Global Positioning System so Brown could track its whereabouts on the FedEx Web site.

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