In 2008 large financial firms suffered the biggest declines in share prices of any industry, falling by 56% overall.

大型金融公司所有行业的股票价格在2008年遭受了最大幅度的下跌，总体下滑56%。

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Yes, share prices had been falling sharply across the globe, but the slide was orderly and the system had not seized up.

是的，全球股票价格一直在下跌，但是这种下滑是有序的，而这个系统还没有失灵。

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Yes, share prices had been falling sharply across the globe, but the slide was orderly and the system had not seized up.

的确，全球的股价都在急速下跌，但是这种下跌是有序的，而市场也并没有失灵。

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And with share prices falling, cash-rich firms will then be in the strongest position to pursue their ambitions.

ECONOMIST: Bear necessities

If this does not stop America's share prices falling, what will?

ECONOMIST: American shares

But both share prices falling means that the markets thought that this particular deal was wealth enhancing, the News International price falling (at least in part) because that value will now not be created.

FORBES: The BSkyB, News International Takeover