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By cleverly and legally tapping into Russia’s frozen assets, Ukraine could get the large infusion of cash it desperately needs now, without undermining any of the principles for which it is fighting. Find out how: https://econ.st/3P2znKl

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The average price-to-earnings ratio of Shanghai's tech-focused STAR 50 firms is a juicy 71, compared with 52 for Nasdaq
ECONOMIST.COMWhy China’s answer to Nasdaq is going gangbusters

Beijing wants semiconductor independence

Biden Takes Dominant Lead as Voters Reject Trump on Virus and Race

• Joe Biden is ahead of President Trump by 14 points, with a wide advantage among women and nonwhite voters, a New York Times/Siena College poll found.
• Some traditionally Republican-leaning groups have shifted away from Mr. Trump, who now appears to be the underdog in his fight for a second term.

“The self-employed middle class is being sacrificed at the altar of politically correct rhetoric, with nobody helping to ensure our health, fiscal or otherwise, because it’s trendy to cheer for the underdog,” writes Op-Ed contributor Lori Gottlieb.

 Gangplank to a Warm Future

By ANTHONY R. INGRAFFEA

Because of methane leaks, shale gas is not a "bridge" to a renewable energy future - it's a gangplank to more warming and away from truly clean energy investments.

  Is It Time to Declare the Nissan Leaf a Flop?
By Brad Tuttle
One would expect that even if Leaf sales weren't going gangbusters, they'd at least not be on the decline

In this sports melodrama that boldly illustrates the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, Lynn-Holly Johnson plays Iowa farm girl Alexis Winston, who has a God-given talent for ice skating. With the encouragement and training of the local ice-skating rink operator Beulah Smith (Colleen Dewhurst), she manages to win the first prize trophy at a regional ice-skating competition. At the competition, she is spotted by Olympic coach Deborah Machland (Jennifer Warren), who promotes her as an underdog competitor, and she skyrockets to fame. Her career is going like gangbusters, until she is blinded in a freak accident. But with the help of her caring boyfriend Nick (Robby Benson) and her encouraging father Marcus (Tom Skerritt), she overcomes her depression just in time to prove herself at a major competition. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

2009年5月9日 星期六

the underdog, capitalization, recapitalization

The government may be hoping that private investors will help recapitalize some of the nations biggest banks, but don't count on the Blackstone Group being one of them.


In the latest from DealBook's "Another View" series, Daniel Alpert of Westwood Capital offers his thoughts on how a government recapitalization of the nation's most important banks should be structured.

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underdog

(ŭn'dər-dôg', -dŏg') 

n.

1. One that is expected to lose a contest or struggle, as in sports or politics.
2. One that is at a disadvantage.

[名]((the 〜))

1 社会［政治］的不正の犠牲者；（生存競争の）敗残者（⇔topdog）

side with the underdog
判官びいきをする.

2 （ゲーム・試合などで）勝ち目のうすい人；敗者.

3 弱い［負け］犬.

underdog Show phonetics
noun
1 the underdog a person or group of people with less power, money, etc. than the rest of society:
As a politician, her sympathy was always for the underdog in society.

2 [C usually singular] in a competition, the person or team considered to be the weakest and the least likely to win
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)The Technologist: Microsoft Plays The Underdog (By Steven Levy)微軟是一家深知“雄踞榜首意義”的公司。微軟一直保持著Windows和Office的業界首位寶座，打退了眾多挑戰者。微軟當時就利用了高居榜首的優 勢。在一定程度上市場佔有率能夠相互抗衡時，位居第二、第三的公司仍能生存，但如果與位居第一的公司一旦來開距離，就會變成“無法奪取首位寶座的企業”， 而喪失市場競爭力。

　　相對於谷歌的良好業績，雅虎已經不得不裁員1000人，兩者之間的差距正在不斷拉大。微軟08財年第二季度（07年10～12月）業績形勢良 好，純利潤比上年增長79.2％、達到47億700萬美元，不過拉動業績增長的依然是“Windows Vista”和“Office 2007”等成套軟體。而MSN和Windows Live等網路服務部門，微軟的發佈資料中幾乎沒有觸及。

　　筆者認為，微軟提出收購方案的目的是趁著“主要業務”表現良好的時機，確保在有可能成為下一個大市場的網際網路領域的影響力。將微軟的銷售額 和利潤與谷歌相比就會發現，微軟是後者的近3倍。雖然兩公司在市值總額（Market Capitalization）方面極為接近，但擁有多種收益來源的微軟，其強大還是不容置疑的。

capital (MONEY) Show phonetics
noun [U]
wealth, especially a large amount of money used for producing more wealth or for starting a new business:
She leaves her capital untouched in the bank and lives off the interest.
We've put £20 000 capital into the business, but we're unlikely to see any return for a few years.

capitalize, UK USUALLY capitalise Show phonetics
verb [T often passive]
to supply money to a business so that it can develop or operate as it should

capitalize

/ˈkapɪtəlʌɪz/

verb

verb: capitalise

1. 1.

   take the chance to gain advantage from.

   "do they have what it takes to capitalize on this emerging opportunity?"

   Similar:

   take advantage of

   profit from

   turn to account

   make capital out of

   make the most of

   exploit

   benefit from

   put to advantage

   maximize

   strike while the iron is hot

   make hay while the sun shines

   cash in on
2. 2.

   provide (a company) with capital.

   "a highly capitalized industry"

capitalization, UK USUALLY capitalisation Show phonetics
noun [S or U]
the total value of a company's shares on a stock exchange

gangbuster
(găng'bŭs'tər)
n. Slang
A law enforcement officer who works to break up organized criminal groups.

adj. also gangbusters
Extremely successful: an experiment yielding gangbuster results; a profitable, gangbusters quarter.

idiom:
like gangbusters Slang.

1. With great impact, vigor, or zeal: came on like gangbusters at the start of his campaign; a career that took off like gangbusters.

gangplank

Pronunciation: /ˈgaŋplaŋk/

noun

a movable plank, typically with cleats nailed on it, used by passengers to board or disembark from a ship or boat.[名]道板(みちいた), 歩み板：船からさん橋に渡す移動式の橋.

cleat

Pronunciation: /kliːt/

noun

• 1a T-shaped piece of metal or wood on a boat or ship, to which ropes are attached.

• 2 each of a number of projections on the sole of a shoe, designed to prevent the wearer losing their footing.
• (cleats) North American athletic shoes with cleats on the soles.
• a projecting wedge on a spar or other part of a ship, to prevent slipping.
• a small wedge, especially one on a plough or scythe.

Derivatives

cleated
adjective

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'wedge'): of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kloot 'ball, sphere' and German Kloss 'clod, dumpling', also to clot and clout