By the end of 1989 the group had assets of $3.5 billion.

到1989年底该集团已有35亿美元的资产。

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The Confederation of British Industry, a business lobby group, estimates that 15 billion pounds could be saved by treating chronic diseases at home.

英国工业联合会，一个商业游说团体，估计通过在家中治疗慢性疾病可以节省15亿英镑。

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International Data Corporation, a market research group, predicts the World Wide Web population will reach almost 100 million by 1998 and that online commerce will grow to more than US$20 billion.

市场研究集团——国际数据公司预计，万维网到1998年人口将达到近1亿，电子商务将增长到超过200亿美元。

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Its current owner eBay agreed to sell a sixty-five percent share to a group of investors for two billion dollars.

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was too big to fail. The Federal Reserve rescued the American International Group with an eighty-five billion dollar loan.

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But the group warns that a shortage of four billion dollars threatens these and other immunization programs.

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The Carrier Network group contributed revenue of 160.3 billion yuan, the Consumer group recorded sales of 48.4 billion yuan and the Enterprise unit added another 11.5 billion yuan.

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In just 10 years from today, there will be 1 billion people in this age group.

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But time is short, and Canal Plus group has euro5 billion of debt and is sure to drain cash this year something Vivendi can ill afford.

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