Shipping companies that operate the main container services linking Asia, America and Europe will lose about $20 billion this year, after making only $5 billion profit in 2008, according to Drewry.

根据德鲁里的研究数据，经营亚洲、美洲和欧洲集装箱航线的航运公司在2008年只赚取了50亿美元的利润，今年将亏损200亿美元。

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What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

如果一个人以丧失自己的灵魂为大家，换得整个世界，这对他又有什么好处呢？

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What shall profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

如果一个人得到整个世界却失去自己的灵魂，那对他有什么好处？

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Now European banks typically make 100-200% of their profit on the wealthiest customers and break even or lose half of that profit on the rest, yet the overhead to serve unprofitable customers has barely budged since 2008.

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The drawback to this kind of leverage is that investors can both profit and lose money based on 33 ounces of gold.

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Step two plagues hobbyists and lifestyle businesses, as they often try to minimize their profits out of lack of experience, or in some cases demand excessive profit and lose the customers from Step 1.

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