For all that the "licence Raj" was supposedly scrapped two decades ago, it can still take nearly 200 days to get a construction permit and seven years to close a business.

尽管据说是二十年前就废止了“许可证制度”，但至今仍要花上近200天才能拿到施工许可，以及花七年的时间来关闭一家企业。

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It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to $10 million in assets.

它已从一个单人经营的生意发展成资产近千万、业务额达数百万美元的公司。

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Periodic surges of intense Iranian economic nationalism must be understood partly as a reaction to the close relations between British business in Iran and the British government.

伊朗强烈的经济民族主义的周期性高涨，一定程度上必须被理解为对英国在伊朗的商业与英国政府之间密切关系的反应。

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Don't be surprised if, within a decade, you find yourself jetting off to Singapore to meet with members of the "Dark Brotherhood" and close a business deal.

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Like Goldman Sachs, with which it has a close business relationship, it is a partnership with an aggressive, risk-taking culture.

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The plaintiffs had claimed that the bin Laden business maintained a close relationship to bin Laden leading up to the attacks and cited business activities by a now-defunct subsidiary and by an employee who worked from his North Carolina residence as evidence that a U.S. court should have jurisdiction.

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