有些公司,例如普天壽—貝池證券公司曾希望以逐漸削減沒有利潤的生意的方式度過不景氣,現在放棄商業融資等原來以為必要的營業。
Some firms, like Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. which had hoped to ride out the downturn by paring unprofitable businesses, are now abandoning lines they once viewed as essential, like investment banking.