At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm – double the figure five years earlier.
据研究公司Arts Economics的创始人克莱尔·麦克安德鲁估算，2007年该市场达到顶峰时价值约为650亿美元，是五年前数字的两倍。
Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm’s board.
外部董事应当作为公司董事会中 helpful、 yet less biased 的顾问提供帮助。
Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.
尽管它们离职与公司随后出现的不良表现之间存在相关性，但这并不意味着这些董事总是急于逃离即将沉没的船只。
But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred.
但研究人员认为，如果外部董事在坏消息公布之前就离开公司，即使历史记录显示他们在任何不当行为发生时曾担任董事会成员，他们也更容易避免对其声誉的打击。
may stay for the attractive offers from the firm
可能会由于来自该公司的有吸引力的提议而留下
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。