Altman strips away the pretense and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other, dedicated to the pursuit of profit.

奥尔特曼揭去电影业的伪装和神话，揭示了其与任何行业一样追逐利润的本质。

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Whereas, other people may be aiming for a management career, scale the corporate ladder and eventually be responsible for a business with people and Profit & Loss responsibilities.

然而，另外一些人的目标可能是进军管理层，在公司的晋升制度下逐级攀升直至能够领导团队、负责某项业务并承担盈利和亏损的责任。

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Oil and other commodities have offered a key profit alternative for large investment banks in the past year as the credit crunch spread to many other parts of their business.

过去一年中，随着信贷危机蔓延至大型投行的很多业务领域，石油等大宗商品成了他们关键的盈利业务。

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And even if it were, Anshan is just like any other profit-seeking business, right?

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Gates and 100 other powerful women from business, politics and non-profit organizations also attended a dinner at the elegant Hotel Schatzalp on Friday evening to discuss ways to reduce maternal mortality.

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In other words, just as in a for-profit business, if paying more produces better execution of the goal, the higher salary produces greater value.

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