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15 Reselling Products for Profit GLOSSARY to stand in line to stand with many other people, one in front of another,waiting to do or receive something when only one person at a time can do orreceive that thing * We had to stand in line at the bank fo

2018年CRI Chinese SOEs see solid profit growth in 2017

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) saw 23.5 percent profit growth last year, a contrast to the 1.7-percent in 2016. Data from the Ministry of Finance shows that combined SOE profits rose to a record-high 2.9 trillion yuan, or about 450 billion U.

外贸英语一点通第69期:公平公正(2)

Price negotiation 价格商谈 A: How about 15% the first six months, and the second six months at 12%, with a guarantee of 3000 units? B: That's a lot to sell, with very low profits margins. A: It's about the best we can do, Smith. We need to hammer

外贸英语一点通第56期:招标投标(1)

能言善辩 ●We intend to send the tender notice next month, and the date of the closing of tender is temporarily set on June 10th. We hope your corporation will consider this tender carefully. 预计下个月我们公司开始招标，暂定6月1

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Student: I don't think I deserve an absolute zero. Professor: Neither do I, but it is the lowest mark that I am allowed to give. 学生：我认为我不应该得零分。 教授：我也这么认为，但这是允许我打的最低分数。

China's Datang Int'l Power profit down 22.78 pct in 2011

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Datang International Power, a listed unit of China Datang, a major Chinese power producer, said Sunday its net profit fell 22.78 percent year-on-year to 1.91 billion yuan (303.2 million U.S. dollars) due to rising therma

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China's No.2 automaker's net profit down 4.6 pct in 2011

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Cisco quarterly profit drops 7.9 percent

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Gold slips on profit taking,strong dollar

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对话：盈利和亏损

Accountants and auditors look at many different types of numbers to record the success or failure of a company but the two most important things are whether the company makes a profit or loss. 会计和审计员要看很多不同种类的数字以记录

工作英语对话：盈利和亏损

Accountants and auditors look at many different types of numbers to record the success or failure of a company but the two most important things are whether the company makes a profit or loss. 会计和审计员要看良多分歧种类的数字以记实

HP quarterly profit plunges 90 percent

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专业术语-财务英语词汇G4

gross expenditure 开支总额；总支出 gross expenses 开支总额；总开支 gross income 收入总额；总收益 gross insurance liabilities 毛保险负债 gross liabilities 总负债 gross l

专业术语-财务英语词汇N6

net indebtedness 净负债额 net inflow of fund 资金流入净额 net insurance liabilities 保险负债净额 net interest margin 净利率差距 net interest paid 实付利息 net liabilities 净负

专业术语-财务英语词汇P24

professional accountant 专业会计师 professional charges 专业收费 Professional Course for Equity Options Practitioners 股票期权从业员专业课程 professional indemnity insurance 专业弥

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Chinese SOE profits down 11.6 pct Jan-June

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