They can decide not to buy the book at all,” said David Pakman, a venture capitalist and former chief executive of the digital music store eMusic.

他们可以决定不去买书，”风险投资家、数字音乐商店eMusic的前执行官戴维.派克曼说，“他们可以打游戏，可以玩iPod。

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He may be offered a non-executive role on the board of BP's Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, Sky News reported yesterday.

昨天天空新闻网报道，他可能会在英国石油的俄罗斯合资企业秋明石油公司(TNK - BP)董事会担任非执行董事。

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The joint venture, if it comes through, would be a prize for Paul Calello, 46 years old, who has been pursuing such a deal since becoming the bank's Asian-Pacific chief executive in 2002.

若该合资公司得以成立，则应归功于瑞信亚太地区首席执行长柯磊洛(Paul Calello)。 现年46岁的柯磊洛自从2002上任以来一直在努力促成这类交易。

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It turns out that venture capitalists and executive recruiters are not stupid, they just learned the wrong lessons from previous failures.

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Sony BMG, a joint venture of Chief Executive Sir Howard Stringer 's Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) with Bertelsmann, is now offering free music downloads as well as cash refunds to those who bought the music disc, as part of a proposed settlement of lawsuits, according to U.K. media reports.

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Some venture firms are making executive VCs an ongoing investment strategy.

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