The year ahead 'is going to be a better year than 2009, but still not the year we were hoping for,' said Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of car makers Renault SA in France and Nissan Motor Co. in Japan.

身兼法国汽车制造商雷诺公司(Renault SA)与日本的日产汽车公司(Nissan Motor Co.)首席执行长的戈恩(Carlos Ghosn)表示，今年将比2009年更好，但仍然达不到我们当初的期望。

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Bankinter sa advanced 4.3 percent to 5.21 euros as Chief Executive Officer Maria Dolores Dancausa said the outlook for this year is "rather better."

西班牙国际银行(Bankinter)股价上涨4.3%，至5.21欧元，该银行首席执行官玛丽亚多洛雷斯·丹考萨(Maria Dolores Dancausa)表示，今年西班牙国际银行的前景相当良好。

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Meetic SA, the operator of a dating website, tumbled 11 percent to 17.20 euros after founder and Chief Executive Officer Marc Simoncini abandoned his plans to sell the company.

法国交友网站Meetic股价下跌11%，至17.20欧元，网站的创始人兼首席执行官马克·西蒙悉尼（Marc Simoncini）放弃了出售公司的计划。

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"With new machines, you can experiment with new game play, " said Yves Guillemot, chief executive of Ubisoft Entertainment SA's, which developed the game.

WSJ: Nintendo Targets Intense Action With Next Wii

"If I had the possibility to slow things down if things go badly, it is clear there are a number of extra investments I could undertake, " said Etienne Bernard, chief executive of Bernard Controls SA, which supplies parts to the nuclear industry.

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On January 5th, Hong Sa Duk, a cabinet minister for political affairs, compared the transition team with the powerful executive arm of the military junta led by Chun Doo Hwan in 1980.

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