In continental Europe owners are grumpy, too: in February almost a third of voting shareholders at Novartis, a Swiss drugs firm, demanded the right to approve its remuneration policy each year.

欧洲大陆的董事们对此也很生气。二月份，瑞士药品公司Novartis有三分之一的股东要求每年都享有批准公司薪酬政策的权利。

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In this climate, Buckingham Palace has been mindful of the need to not appear too extravagant, while maintaining the pageantry and pomp that is always demanded of them.

在这样的氛围里，白金汉宫尽量注意不显得过于奢华，但仍旧保持了一贯的隆重和华丽。

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Like many “fast fashion” chains, Playmobil suspects the lead times demanded by factories in China are too long for it.

与许多“快速出新品”的连锁商店一样，Playmobil担心中国工厂要求的交付周期太长了。

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After earlier securing the go-ahead from the European Union, on condition the combined group sells its Dewar's and Ainslie scotch brands, this week the group won approval from the US authorities, though it too demanded concessions - the sale of Dewar's and of Bombay gin.

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It has done this if international investors have either shied away from buying government debt, or demanded too high a rate for it.

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After the vote, however, she delivered a rebuke to Amazon, in which she suggested it had demanded too many breaks for its low paying jobs.

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