然而，这可能被欧洲和中国的投资下滑抵消，如果中国打算在一定程度上由投资于资源耗费高的建设项目，转向投资于水净化等对大宗商品依赖不强的基础设施项目，那么中国投资对全球贸易的影响将会加大。
感恩节当天，沃尔玛、塔吉特（Target）和Kmart等美国大型零售商都开门营业，以便借假日购物旺季大赚一笔。今年，沃尔玛开始营业的时间甚至比去年早了两个小时。但好市多拒绝加入“黑色星期五狂欢”，感恩节并没有开门营业。首席执行官克雷格杰利内克认为，给员工放一天假比提高公司利润更加重要。
“Domestic demand expanded at a sluggish pace while new export order growth eased to a five-month low ... We continue to expect further monetary and fiscal easing measures to offset downside risks to growth.”
Siemens broke records last year by winning two awards for renaming its healthcare business Healthineers. Not only does it land the Martin Lukes prize for the worst combination of two words, the accompanying video, featuring a singing CEO and writhing spandex-clad employees, wins a gold medal for most embarrassing company song of all time.
当她向经理咨询的时候，凯说，当他们的员工开始不经常和他们讲话，无论是更新工作内容，询问意见还是仅仅打个招呼，他们中的许多人都能警觉地察觉到一些事情。正如凯总结地那样：“你开始不做那些你日常维持社交关系的事情了。”