Slimmed down and with money to spare, it began to snap up smaller outfits.

瘦身成功再加上有闲置资金可供使用，必和必拓开始抢购较小的公司。

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Foreign oil companies, including Spain's Repsol, and dozens of smaller outfits, are operating many of these concessions.

外国石油公司，包括西班牙的Repsol公司和其它几十个较小的机构，正在使用这些特许权进行开采。

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Smaller outfits saw the crisis as an opportunity to bulk up by hiring experienced staff from struggling or failing banks.

一些小企业把那次危机看做是一个扩大业务的机遇，它们能够借机雇佣摇摇欲坠的大银行中有经验的业务员。

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In Bangladesh's case, major factories became overbooked and so subcontracted more work to smaller outfits.

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Yes, capital expenditure outlays are growing nicely, but proportionately the big boosts have come from smaller outfits.

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In 2001, for example, the company acquired 18 smaller outfits, thus adding 15 operating centers to its roster.

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