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HSBC is the world's largest banking and financial services group. It was founded in 1865 as The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Its headquarters was in Hong Kong until 1992 when it moved to London. The bank is listed on the London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda Stock Exchanges. Its slogan is “The World’s Local Bank.” The HSBC website says: “We have a unique international pedigree. Many of our principal companies opened for business over 100 years ago.” HSBC has 9,500 branches in nearly 90 countries.To cut costs, HSBC has opened up call centres in India, China and Brazil. The bank says it saves about $20,000 per worker for each job moved to these centres. Trade unions in the USA and UK blame these centres for job losses and salary caps in their countries.

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1.job loss 失业

Sleep could be the second major beneficiary of job loss or reduced working hours.

睡眠可能是失去工作或者减少工作时间的第二个主要受惠者4.p2)8HkI3PE8)Yd。

2.open for business 营业

Meanwhile, Bear Stearns' management did not believe it could open for business on Monday without a transaction that restored market confidence in the firm.

同时，由于没有任何交易可以恢复市场信心，贝尔斯登的管理层也不认为在周一就可以开展交易rg8!^spWx1ThR。

3.Trade union 工会

The Trade Union Congress put forward a plan for national recovery.

工会大会提出一项振兴国家的计划gGprT1LZm]0QUFs1N。

4.salary cap 工资上限

In the past, many teams have been too hamstrung by the salary cap to fully go after players.

过去，很多球队出于对薪资上限的顾虑，不敢花费高额薪水去聘请球星y27ZjEIG-f[6n。