Large numbers of builders, property firms and retailers have gone bankrupt.

大量的建筑商、房地产公司和零售商已经破产。

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Hordes of builders, property firms and retailers have gone bust.

大批的建筑商，房产公司和零售商都关门破产。

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The share prices of property firms are down by 40-70% from their highs earlier this year.

房产公司的股价已从今年早些时候的最高点下跌了40 - 70%。

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Dubai World says it will restructure less than half of the nearly The new scheme will look at options for deleveraging, including asset sales,and will apply to the conglomerate's main property firms, Nakheel and Limitless.

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Property firms were also dragging in Japan, with Tokyu Land down 3.8% and Tokyo Tatemono off 4.2%.

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Proposals have come from all sides, including the two largest British property firms, Land Securities and British Land.

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But broader gains in Hong Kong were capped by weakness in Chinese property firms, amid a drop on mainland bourses.

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