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Aside from cutting or renegotiating maintenance pacts, companies trim costs in order to avoid or reduce layoffs.

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About 20% of the IT staff in a $ 1,5 billion Midwestern sporting goods manufacturer had been dismissed from their jobs.

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The expression “to get by” (L.3) means to survive.

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The extract “companies have to do what they have to do” (L.2) can be correctly translated into Portuguese as companhias fazem o que têm de fazer.

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The word “trend”, in “This trend is being seen in pockets all over the industry” (L.22-23), can be correctly translated into Portuguese as tendência.

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The verb “to suffice”, in “a 24-hour turnaround might have to suffice instead” (L.10-11), is closest in meaning to to be sufficient or enough.

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Around 10% of all the companies in the USA are cutting maintenance costs in several ways.

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IT staffers and industry analysts have clashed over the new trends in the industry.

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accordingly to what the experts say about an economic turnaround, times are still tough.

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IT groups are being asked to cut maintenance costs so as to help save money.