" Travel is a huge driver of costs and carbon emissions," says Brighter Planet CEO, Patti Prairie. "As much as30 or40 percent of total operations for some companies."

The IMF said that the constellation of dollar depreciation and falling short-term real interest rates "has pushed up commodity prices through a number of channels, including by enhancing the attractiveness of commodities as an alternative asset."

imf表示，美元贬值加上短期实际利率下跌，“通过一些渠道推高了大宗商品价格，例如提高了大宗商品作为另类资产的吸引力。”

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Rising incomes and rates of chronic disease may push sales from$ 12 billion in 2010 to$ 74 billion in 2020, according to PwC, a consultancy.

咨询公司普华永道（PwC）估计，印度国民收入的增长和慢性疾病发生率的居高不下可能将药品年销售额从2010年的120亿美元推高到2020年的740亿美元。

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News this year that polysilicon producers such as REC Silicon had closed US factories understandably improved spirits, lifting shares of US-listed Chinese silicon maker Daqo and Korea's OCI.

难怪今年有关多晶硅生产商（如REC Silicon）关闭美国工厂的消息令人振奋，此类消息推高了在美国上市的中国多晶硅厂商大全能源（Daqo）和韩国OCI的股价。

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Famed investors Warren Buffett and Henry Kravis invested in a record-setting utility-company buyout in 2007, wagering that a dearth of U.S. natural gas would send prices higher.

著名投资者沃伦？巴菲特和亨利？克拉维斯（Henry Kravis）2007年对一桩价格创纪录的公共事业公司股权收购交易进行了投资，他们押注美国天然气的紧缺会推高价格。

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Tata's new$ 2,500 car, introduced amid a growing appetite for vehicles driven by steep economic growth in Asia is likely to bolster conventional fuel demand.

塔塔（Tata）推出的售价2500美元的新车，可能会推高对传统燃料的需求。在这款新车推出之际，亚洲高速的经济增长正使得人们对汽车的兴趣与日俱增。

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By comparison, AIG lost$ 99 billion in 2009, needed an astronomical bailout, and helped usher in a recession so severe that it drove unemployment to double-digit levels.

相比之下，美国国际集团（AIG）2009年亏损高达990亿美元，需要巨额救助，并在一定程度上导致了一场严重的经济衰退，将美国失业率推高到了两位数水平。

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The price of iron ore and coking coal has doubled since last year as steel production surged, boosting the profitability of BHP Billiton and rivals Rio Tinto and Vale of Brazil.

自去年起，随着钢铁产量大幅飙升，铁矿石和炼焦煤价格也翻了一番，推高了必和必拓及其竞争对手力拓（Rio Tinto）和巴西淡水河谷（Vale of Brazil）的盈利能力。

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Legend is set to become the latest in a string of large IPOs in Hong Kong this year, as companies look to ride an equity bull market that has pushed up valuations across various sectors.

随着一些公司希望搭上已推高各板块估值的牛市，今年香港迎来了一连串大型IPO，联想控股的上市将成为其中的最新一宗。

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The regulations would extend patents, giving companies monopolies on new medications and potentially pushing up prices in the developing countries participating in the deal.

条例规定延长专利期限，赋予制药公司对于新药的垄断权，潜在地推高参与TPP的发展中国家的国内药品价格。

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Though interest rates across the region are generally lower than they were pre-Lehman, a fall in inflation would boost real interest rates and allow for some cuts.

尽管整个亚洲地区的利率水平普遍低于雷曼（lehman）倒闭之前的时期，但通胀的缓解将推高实际利率，并提供一些降息的空间。

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The sizzle and new wealth has pushed Valley real estate to startling heights; one home recently sold for$ 100m to a Russian venture capitalist who had amassed a Facebook fortune.

投资热浪和新财富将硅谷的房价推高到了惊人的水平：最近，有一栋房子被以1亿美元的价格销售给了一位投资Facebook赚到大钱的俄罗斯风险投资家。

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Milton Friedman attributes this disappointing experience at least in part to deliberate measures to raise prices and wages by encouraging unionisation.

米尔顿弗里德曼（milton friedman）至少在一定程度上将这一令人失望的过程归咎于：政府有意通过鼓励组建工会来推高物价和薪资。

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Good results from other financial groups such as the regional lender PNC Financial and the asset manager BlackRock also pushed stock markets higher in the morning in New York.

美国地方银行pnc金融服务集团（pnc financial services group）以及资产管理公司黑岩（blackrock）等其它金融服务集团的良好业绩，也在早盘进一步推高了纽约股市。

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Indices following Chinese assets have been an important factor in driving demand for exchange traded funds.

追踪中国资产的指数一直是推高交易所交易基金（ETF）需求的重要因素。

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It is looking likely that residential investment added to fourth-quarter real GDP growth.

看来住宅投资推高了第4季度实际GDP的增长。

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As a result, wheat prices elsewhere more than doubled, pulling rice and corn prices up with them.

结果，其他国家的小麦价格翻了一倍多，而这一上涨也推高了大米和玉米的价格。

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The Obama administration has announced a government retreat from the housing market, potentially pushing up the cost of mortgages and ending the decades-old push for ever greater home ownership.

奥巴马（Obama）政府已经宣布，政府将退出房地产市场。此举有可能推高抵押贷款成本，并为数十年来推动越来越多美国人自置居所的努力画上句号。

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Yes, earnings of companies like IBM, Apple and Coca-Cola are flourishing and pushing up their share prices.

是的，诸如IBM、苹果及可口可乐等公司的盈利增长迅速，同时推高它们各自的股价。

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Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand.

产于西太平洋和印度洋的多沙水域的鱼，生有能够在沙中挖洞的三角形口鼻。

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It is not like our flesh body that has birth and death and lingers in transmigration.

不像我们的肉身是有生有死，不断地在轮回之中徘徊。

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