S. retailers see the same basic business cycle every year and typically do most of their business during the Christmas season.

美国零售商们每年都经历相同的景气周期。通常情况下，他们大部分生产都是在圣诞节期间做的。

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The strategic motivation has been a realization that, while diversification may shield a business from the ups and downs of a particular industry's business cycle, the lack of a unifying competency makes the united business units devilishly tough to manage well.

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The NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee has determined that a peak in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in March 2001.

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She is also a member of the Bureau's Business Cycle Dating Committee--the body charged with officially determining when a recession has started and ended--experience which will serve her well as she advises me on our current economic challenges.

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