Like many GM divisions, Saab's high labor costs and challenges related to currency exchange and brand reputation constricted the business plan.

和通用汽车的很多部门一样，萨博的高劳动力成本以及在汇率和品牌声誉方面面临的挑战限制了业务计划。

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Labor experts say the number of former office workers who are moving into blue-collar jobs has increased as South Korea has suffered its worst unemployment since the 1997 Asian currency crisis.

劳动专家称，随着韩国遭受自1997年亚洲货币危机以来出现最糟糕的失业率，进入蓝领的前办公员工数增加。

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Instability in the yarn prices, devaluation of Indian currency with US dollar and labor shortage are the other reasons.

纱线价格的不稳定，印度货币的贬值和劳动力的缺乏是其他的原因。

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While improved pricing and lower input costs helped the bottom line, Nike saw gross margins slide 30 basis points to 42.5% as higher labor costs, currency effects, and a transition to lower margin products and businesses took a toll on profits.

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However, its gross margin declined by 30 basis points annually in Q2 2013 to 42.5%, mainly on account of increase in labor costs and unfavorable currency impact.

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And the quandary preoccupying Bernanke, how to offset struggling labor markets against a falling currency.

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