StanChart, for its part, has pushed the network model towards investment banking.

渣打银行已经把网络模式推广到银行投资业。

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“Liverpool will do that in a cost-effective way,” said StanChart spokesman Ian Cotton.

渣打发言人伊恩•科顿(Ian Cotton)表示：“利物浦将以具有成本效益的方式实现这一目标。

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Yet the main warning light flashing from StanChart may be a signal to investment banks, against which it increasingly competes.

渣打银行亮出的警示灯向投资银行传达出一个信号——渣打逐步进军投资业。

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Barclays' biggest shareholder is Middle Eastern, while Temasek, Singapore's investment arm, owns a fifth of StanChart.

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StanChart point out that their prediction of a construction boom next year hinges on government policy.

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"The price is in the eye of the beholder, " says Stanchart's Rana.

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