Firm Numbers are hard to come by; as European Union (EU) citizens, the French can move to Britain without registering with any authority.

作为欧盟居民的法国人可以没有任何官方登记即可搬到英国去，所以明确的数目很难得到。

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But apparently the firm has not been trying very hard.

不过很明显，这家公司并没有付出多大的努力。

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It is hard to see how taking the firm private will change that.

现在很难看出私有化公司如何能改变这一局面。

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The finalising of ExxonMobil's tie-up with Rosneft suggests that the notoriously hard-nosed firm got what it needed from Mr Putin's promised reform.

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Boeing, for example, is used to rescheduling aircraft deliveries for hard-pressed customers (cancelling a firm order can cost a customer dear).

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Business leaders are supposed to be tough, hard-driving visionaries who set a firm course for the company and then lead people in that direction with their charisma and force of personality, right?

FORBES: Do you get me?