UEFA and FIFA officials meeting in Brussels today are trying desperately to thrash out a new system of contracts to suit both clubs and players.

在布鲁塞斯会议上，欧足联和国际足联官员们今天正努力研究一种新的合同制度以使俱乐部和球员双方都满意。

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That sort of unbundling will take a while, due to a Byzantine system of contracts, so in the meantime, cable companies can embrace alternative methods of distribution by pushing high-speed internet access, as the Time Warner president said in the article.

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In Asia, where gas is largely traded using a system of long-term contracts tied to the price of oil, prices are high.

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It is unclear how much the Arab Spring revolutions have affected sales of the system, or the profitability of existing contracts.

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