Bill Watkins, the CEO of Bridgelux, which makes LED lights, says his industry, which posted $880 million in revenue in 2010, is on track to hit $3 billion this year.

生产LED灯具的普瑞光电股份有限公司的CEO比尔•沃特金斯表示，2010年，LED灯具行业的收入达到8.8亿美元，并有望在今年达到30亿美元。

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As for industry, there was never much in the first place, "so there's just not much to lose," says Bill Watkins, an economist at the local branch of the University of California.

至于工业，这里本来就没有，“所以也没有什么可失去的”，加州大学当地分校的经济学家Bill Watkins如是说。

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Well into 2010, Oregon's overall economy will shrink more rapidly than the nation's as a whole, notes UCSB forecaster Bill Watkins.

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But following two harsh rounds of layoffs, which included the departure of then-CEO BIll Watkins, chairman Steve Luczo took over and seems to have gradually gotten Seagate spinning again.

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