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121 manipulate
to manipulate the accounts trafiquer les comptes;They said there had been speculation that someone may be manipulating the market, noting that three-month prices had climbed to $6,200 per tonne last week while tin trading volatility jumped to as high as 25 percent.
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122 market-driven
déterminé(e) par les contraintes du marchémarket-driven economy économie f de marchéThe nub of it is that the chair must be able to hold the line between the demands of the market-driven telecoms industry and the cultural objectives of broadcasting … The great challenge for the chair will be to keep those two objectives in tension, while having the gravitas to lead a review of media ownership rules every three years.
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123 misbrand
= faire figurer des informations mensongères sur l'emballage deThe president of a "low-fat" baked-goods company went to jail after pleading guilty to misbranding products. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the company had simply purchased regular day-old pastries from a Chicago bakery and repackaged them under its "Skinny" line. While all the items were supposed to contain one or two grams of fat and 125 to 165 calories, at least one, a carob doughnut, had 23 1/2 grams of fat and 411 calories.
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124 overbought
STOCK EXCHANGE (market) surévalué(e), suracheté(e)Mr Greenspan's dilemma is that he would probably like to raise interest rates - inflation indicators from the labour market are mixed but the productivity miracle cannot continue for ever while signals from the energy sector are less equivocal. He would also like to see the US stock markets down from their current overbought levels. But he must achieve both without causing a nervous market to panic.
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125 presell
(customer) prévendre à; (goods) prévendreWhile Game Boy Advance will get a budget in line with some of Nintendo's past software title releases, Harrison said the marketing plan calls for a sampling program and an effort to presell the devices about eight weeks before the summer release.
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126 rate
1 noun(a) (of inflation, tax, interest) taux m;∎ the rate is 20p in the pound le taux est de 20 pence par livre;∎ to strike for higher rates of pay faire la grève pour obtenir une augmentation de salaireMARKETING rate of adoption (of product) taux d'adoption; MARKETING rate of awareness (of product) taux de notoriété;rate band fourchette f de taux;MARKETING rate of churn taux de clients passés à la concurrence;rate of depreciation taux d'amortissement;rate of exchange cours m ou taux du change;rate of growth taux d'accroissement ou de croissance;rate of increase taux d'accroissement ou de croissance;ECONOMICS rate of inflation taux d'inflation;MARKETING rate of penetration taux de pénétration;rate of production taux de production;MARKETING rate of renewal taux de renouvellement;rate of return (on investment) taux de rendement;rate of return analysis analyse f du rendement;rate of return pricing fixation f de prix au taux de rendement établi;rate of taxation taux d'imposition;rate of turnover taux de rotation des stocks;rate of uptake taux de succès(b) (price, charge) tarif m;∎ the going rate le tarif courant;∎ the hourly rate is going to be increased le taux horaire va être augmenté∎ rates impôts m pl locauxBritish (fix rateable value of) fixer la valeur locative imposable de"While most in telecom are quite aware of the high rate of churn and the resulting consequences, what is surprising is the increasing rate of this dynamic," says Mary Ellen Smith, Faulkner director of research services. "It is only the expanding number of services and technologies that allow some organizations to remain profitable."
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127 recapitalize
China is still deflating, its banking system needs to be recapitalized, but [the] government's ability to raise enough taxes to do it is poor, while consumers save and do not spend to protect their own futures.
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128 reengineering
réorganisation fInvestors are growing concerned that the company's customer base is not growing quickly enough while customers themselves are not spending enough. Telewest, which recently claimed it could survive on its current facilities as long as it executed well, is known to have discussed options with both Liberty Media and Microsoft, two of its major shareholders. It remains silent on whether a financial reengineering is under way.
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