make much of the running

Chinese translation: 主要参与 or 主要由...参与操纵的

00:15 May 22, 2005

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Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities

English term or phrase: make much of the running

One possible answer comes from Rochdale Research, part of a boutique broker-dealer in New York. Nicholas Colas, head of research there, suggests that firms have achieved their strong balance sheets and impressive cash balances (at non-financial firms in the S&P 500, equal to 14% of total assets at the end of 2004) by underinvesting in their operations, despite the good global growth of recent years. They have tended to their financial ratios and paid out huge dollops of cash to shareholders through dividends, special repayments (Microsoft) and share repurchases (Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Dell, and many others in the S&P 500). What they have not done is place bold bets on their own future growth, despite a recent uptick in mergers and acquisitions in which private-equity firms make much of the running. Since companies have done little to generate growth internally, they are unusually dependent on macroeconomic trends for it.

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Chinese translation:主要参与 or 主要由...参与操纵的

Explanation:
尽管前一阵主要由一些私募公司企业参与的兼并活动如火如荼，这些公司并没有往自身在将来的发展上投入巨资

Although there was an uptick in M&A(in which private equity firms are the main participants) recently, these companies (Microsoft, Citicorp, Merill Lynch, Dell, et al.) did not spend a lot of money on their future growth.

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or 主要参与竞争的

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盿繷

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主要参与 or 主要由...参与操纵的

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主要参与 or 主要由...参与操纵的

wherestip
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Local time: 20:21
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谢谢！

16 hrs confidence:

盿繷

Explanation:
make the running = set the pace or standard

璶琌パprivate-equity firms盿繷暗癬

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