Market sentiment has improved recently on expectations of an economic recovery and increased stock purchases by public funds, helping the benchmark index top the psychologically important line.

预期经济复苏，以及公共基金加大债券购买力度，让市场情绪变得更加乐观，使得基准指数超过了重要的心理线。

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He says he would slash wasteful public spending, leaving room for interest rates to fall (the Central Bank's benchmark rate is 10.25%).

jose Serra表示，他当选后会大幅削减浪费的公共支出，留出空间让利率下降的(中央银行基准比率目前是10.25%)。

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Those spreads fell, initially at least, after the deal was made public, but Greece’s premium over benchmark German bonds soon started to rise again. See article

这些收益差在协议公之于众后下滑，但是希腊对德国国债的收益开始上涨。

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LinkedIn will be the first social networking company to go public except for China-based Renren, which went out earlier this month, so it will set a public benchmark for the entire category.

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Because the commercial sector constantly innovates, DOE labs and centers should continue to benchmark their computing cost against public clouds to ensure they are providing a competitive service.

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One EU benchmark involves opening Turkey's public-procurement market to European firms.

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