Or it might mean going for the very best assets in less attractive countries.

或者可能意味着在不那么有吸引力的国家寻求最优良资产。

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On average, Shanghai residents earned 44 percent less than their counterparts in Zhejiang from operating businesses and 34 percent less from owning assets.

一般来说，上海人做生意的获益要比浙江人少44%，拥有资产的获益要比浙江人少34%。

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What Portugal owes to foreigners, less the foreign assets it owns!

葡萄牙欠外国投资人的，少于自己的外国资产。

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But two areas where the bureau will not have power is over auto lenders or banks with assets of less than ten billion dollars.

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Clients with less assets generate less profits for the firm.

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The company actually gets smaller, because it has less assets and less equity. (Compared to LInked-In, for example, that grew larger by selling shares and increasing its cash asset.) Over time the cash disappears, and the equity disappears.

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Perhaps it takes a far more ethical mindset on the part of money management firms to decline to offer financial products that will result in vast assets under management and high fees (but poorer performance), in favor of less assets and fees but improved investor returns.

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