Soros, who turns 81 next month, became world famous after making millions betting that the UK would be forced to devalue the pound during the 1992 Black Wednesday currency crisis.

索罗斯下个月将满81岁。在1992年被称为“黑色星期三”的货币危机中，他因成功押注英国将被迫让英镑贬值而赚取了数亿美元【注】，一举成名天下知。

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Soros is known as "the man who broke the pound" during the 1992 currency crisis, forcing a sterling devaluation.

索罗斯曾因在1992年一手导演了英镑的货币危机、迫使英镑贬值而著名。

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Liu Chuanzhi says, associate bought IBM PC business, in Euramerican market it is a few big business clients, in financial crisis, these company be the first to be affected got pound.

柳传志称，联想收购的IBM PC业务，在欧美市场都是一些大的商业客户，在金融危机中，这些公司首当其冲受到了冲击。

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You might have hoped that a more than 20% fall in the value of the pound during the financial crisis would have been enough to help us start to re-balance the UK economy - boosting the competitiveness of UK plc, and so reducing the gap between our exports and our imports.

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Although the service sector (the bulk of the economy) remains fairly strong, manufacturers, especially those exposed to international markets, have been moaning for months about the combined effects of the Asian crisis and the strong pound.

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