Вопрос № 348307 - Английский язык

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Operating in both the public and private sectors, there are a number of different special 1__________ institutions offering loan finance and equity capital. In the private 2__________ they include finance 3________; specialist leasing houses; factoring companies and venture capital companies, each 4_________ an alternative to retail bank funding.

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Building societies started in the late 18th century to pool money 1_________ houses and to buy land. They currently compete with the retail banks to attract savings from and provide mortgage finance for the 2_________ sector. Today, they hold more savings than the other 3_________ institutions. Building 4__________ are “mutual” institutions, owned by their savers and borrowers. Since the Building Societies Act 1986 the societies have been able to provide a wider range of services.

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The city of London has long been the nexus of international activity in a number of highly organized 1_________ markets. These include the London  2_________, the sterling money
and bond 3__________; the foreign exchange markets; eurocurrency markets; financial futures; billion; commodities; shipping and 4__________.

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Management of a 1_________ consists of the board of directors who decide corporate 2__________, and the officers who carry on the daily operations. The board is elected by the stockholders, and the officers are appointed by the board. Some specific duties of the board of 3__________ are to declare dividends, authorize contracts, decide on executive salaries, and arrange major loans 4___________.

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The Switzerland-based Nestle corporation, once a Swiss chocolate maker, now is the world's biggest food company and the largest 1__________ of coffee, powdered milk, and frozen dinners. The  2__________  also became number 1 in candy after passing Mars. And with the purchase of Perrier for $2.7 billion, Nestle became the world's largest producer of mineral water with a 20 per cent share of the world 3__________. Nestle 4_________ its success through intensive global expansion. Nestle does only 2 per cent of its business in Switzerland: the remaining 98 per cent is in other countries.

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One secret to Nestle’s 1_________ is that many of its products - especially instant coffee, chocolates, and frozen foods - appeal to consumers all over the 2__________. For example, coffee is closing in on tea as the 3___________ drink in Japan. Frozen dinners, long a hit in the United States, are catching on in Europe. And of course chocolate tastes the same in any language. Although these products have to be adapted slightly to local tastes, they generally can be 4__________ worldwide.