The returned money can be recycled into smaller Banks which still need equity (see article) or used to cut public debt.

回笼资金可以被循环投入到那些仍需资本的小型银行中，或者用于削减公共债务。

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Amazon explained that it did not have the rights to the books, so it erased them and returned the people's money.

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Many of the best-known funds seem to have concluded as much, and have returned money to investors during the past year.

ECONOMIST: Hedge funds

The returned money can be recycled into smaller banks which still need equity (see article) or used to cut public debt.

ECONOMIST: Wall Street and the taxpayer

Mr. Marshall said that during his four terms in Congress he paid his staffers low annual salaries and returned money to the Treasury.

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