The impact on China from the U. s. slowdown also should become clearer, though there already are anecdotal reports of layoffs and plant closures among exporters.

美国经济减速对中国的影响应该会变得更加清晰，而目前已经出现了出口商在裁员和关闭工厂的消息。

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Tuesday saw more U. s. companies announce disappointing earnings and layoffs.

星期二，更多的美国公司宣布了令人失望的盈利报告和裁员。

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This week's layoffs do not necessarily destroy that achievement.

ECONOMIST: The quiet American

The power unions' proudest moment so far was wringing a ten-year moratorium on layoffs from Belgium's Tractebel in 2000 when it bought a stake in the Polaniec power plant.

ECONOMIST: Polish trade unions

Here, highlights of the week's activity recorded by the Forbes.com Layoff Tracker, which counts the layoffs at all the nation's 500 largest publicly traded corporations.

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