Some businesses can be found nestling close to Brazilian multinationals, in the way that growing companies cosy up to American universities.

许多企业都在巴西的跨国公司旁边安家，就像一些成长性企业通常靠近美国的大学一样。

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Multinationals like Adidas, General Electric, Nike and Wal-Mart can now see which of their suppliers are repeat offenders, and may put pressure on them to clean up.

阿迪达斯、通用电气、耐克和沃尔玛现在能够清楚地看到它们的哪些供货商在环境问题上屡教不改，跨国巨头或许可以施压让他们清理整顿。

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Chinese firms were once at a disadvantage when it came to hiring the country's top talent, but new research shows that homegrown businesses are beginning to catch up to foreign multinationals.

在与跨国外企争夺国内一流人才的竞争中，中国本土企业一度处于劣势，而新调查显示，这些本土企业开始迎头赶上。

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The New District, on the other hand, cannot rely upon political powers to help persuade multinationals to set up shop, and it has fewer tax advantages.

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The Chinese government wants more foreign multinationals to set up their regional corporate headquarters in its shining 21st Century super city Shanghai this year.

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Mr Osborne's corporate tax policy is however vulnerable to a more fundamental criticism, that it doesn't face up to the fiscal reality of a global economy dominated by multinationals, which is that trying to force them to pay tax in a particular country is like endeavouring to squeeze a giant blancmange into a small box: the more you try, the bigger the leaks.

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