Unable to raise additional funds, Westinghouse is ready to admit defeat. 无法募集额外资金威斯汀豪斯准备好了接受失败 Tesla, the reason I'm here is to tell you that my company is on the verge of bankruptcy. 特斯拉 我来这里是想...
J.P. Morgan was a huge power on the stock market when it was not at all regulated. JP摩根在股市上具有巨大影响力 当时股市没有什么政府监管 In the case of George Westinghouse, his company on a number of occasions, was assaulted...
Timing is everything in business. 做生意时 时机就是一切 Everybody wants to be the first mover. 谁都希望首先行动 Everybody wants to be on the bleeding edge, or the cutting edge. 谁都希望能够获得巨大的优势 You have to be...
Morgan's net worth more than quadruples. 摩根的资产净值超过了原来的四倍 And instantly he has hundreds of millions of dollars. 他立刻拥有了数以亿计的美元 Money he plans on using to win the Niagara contract. 他打算使用这...
The world's biggest power station would be a huge game changer. 世界最大的发电站将成为游戏规则的改变者 J.P. Morgan knows it's his opportunity to create the empire he's always wanted. JP摩根知道这是他的机会去创造自己一...
A company at Niagara Falls has begun work on one of the most ambitious construction projects ever undertaken. 一家位于尼亚加拉大瀑布的公司开始了一项无比巨大的建设项目 The world's largest power plant is being built. 世界最...
Now I have to read in the newspaper my son is funding Edison. 我在报纸上看到我儿子正在资助爱迪生 A latter-day Frankenstein. 一个现代版的科学怪人 He didn't pull the switch. 他没有拉开关 Let me make a few points clear t...
Edison became very happy to help develop an electric chair,as long as that electric chair used Westinghouse alternating current generators. 爱迪生很乐意帮助发明一种电椅 只要这种电椅使用威斯汀豪斯的交流电发电机 Edison...
If Morgan loses,he risks ruining his reputation, and his name. 如果摩根失败 他就很有可能会毁掉自己的声望和名誉 Morgan ratchets up the pressure on Edison,telling him to take out the competition in any way he can 摩根对爱迪生...
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