"Breakfast has the potential to be very profitable," says Sara Senatore of Bernstein, a research firm, "because the margins can be high."

伯恩斯坦研究公司的萨拉·塞纳托雷表示：“早餐业务有可能非常赚钱，因为其利润可以很高。”

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.

Arts Economics 研究公司的创始人克莱尔·麦克安德鲁估算，在2007年的巅峰期，它的价值约为650亿美元，是五年前的两倍。

Capital Economics, a London research firm, expects them to reach 3.5%.

位于伦敦的一家研究机构资本经济预计利率将会达到3.5%。

Research firm NPD estimates that fewer than 5% of consumers buy a spare.

研究公司NPD估计，只有不到5%的消费者会购买备用电池。

According to research firm Gartner, the market will more than double this year.

根据研究公司Gartner的说法，这个市场在今年会翻一番。

Prices are now on a downward spiral, says Ben Wood of CCS Insight, a research firm.

研究机构CCS Insight的本·伍德称，手机价格现正持续下滑。

Last year, America's ad market shrank by 9.8%, according to CMR, a research firm.

根据美兰德媒体调查显示，去年美国的广告市场萎缩了9.8%。

Now an industry research firm has come out with Numbers that back up Apple's challenge.

现在，一家行业研究公司的数据也支持苹果的这一说法。

Research firm TARP has found that for every person who complains, there are 26 who do not.

调研公司（Tarp）发现一位顾客抱怨的同时就会有26个人不抱怨。

At the end of 2009, Android OS had just 3.9 percent market share, the research firm reported.

而根据该研究公司的报告，在2009年底，安卓系统都还仅仅只有3.9%的市场份额。

Forrester, a research firm, reckons corporate E-mail archives are growing by over 40% a year.

Forrester是一个研究调查公司，它预计公司的电子邮件档案每年以超过40%的速度在增长。

Jennifer Colegrove, an analyst with display market research firm DisplaySearch, thinks it will.

詹妮弗·克尔格罗夫是显示器市场研究公司DisplaySearch的一名分析师，对此，她表示虚拟键盘会取代传统键盘。

Last month was the best August for global M&A on record, according to Dealogic, a research firm.

根据研究公司Dealogic的统计，上个月是历史上全球并购最好的八月。

According to research firm IDC, tablets comprise about 1.4% of the global portable PC market.

据研究机构国际数据公司(IDC)称，平板电脑目前只占全球便携式个人电脑市场的约1.4%。

Rotman Epps of Forrester, a research firm, reckons high prices will prove fatal for these rivals.

市场调查公司弗雷斯特的Sarah Rotman Epps认为，高价位会 致iPad2的对手于死地 。

But tablets may still have a big impact, argues Carolina Milanesi of Gartner, another research firm.

但是另一家研究公司Gartner的卡罗琳娜认为，平板电脑仍然具有很大的影响力。

According to GovernanceMetrics International (GMI), a research firm, bosses' pay rose sharply in 2010.

据研究公司GovernanceMetrics International (GMI)称，2010年高管的薪酬大幅上涨。

That number is likely to more than double by 2014, a report from the market research firm eMarketer said.

一家市场调查公司还断言到2014年，这个数据很可能会翻一倍。

Connected TVs now make up 12 percent of all flat panel sales, according to market research firm NPD Group.

根据市场调查公司NPD集团的数据，联网电视机现在在平板销售中占12%的份额。

Earlier this week research firm Ovum forecast that Symbian phones will continue on some markets into 2016.

早先，Ovum研究公司预测塞班手机将在某些市场销售至2016年。

Teaming up with Microsoft has its benefits, says Ben Wood of CCS Insight, another market-research firm.

另一家市场研究公司CCS观察公司的本*伍德说，与微软联手有它的好处。

That, said Leslie Fiering, a senior analyst with research firm Gartner, was not good news for the customer.

研究公司Gartner的资深分析师Leslie Fiering认为，这对顾客来说却不是什么好消息。

EMISSIONS trading, says Ian Johnson of IDEAcarbon, a research firm, "is not an easy concept to understand".

IDEAcarbon(一个研究公司)的Ian Johnson说，排污权交易这个概念不容易理解。

Low-income people were hit hardest, according to Multi-Sponsor Surveys, a Princeton, N.J., research firm.

一份来自普林斯顿，N.J.一家调研公司的调查显示低收入的人们被影响的最为严重。

Still, the U.S. remains the world's largest smartphone market in terms of revenue, the research firm said.

然而，研究所称，美国从收入方面讲仍然是世界最大的智能手机市场。

"It's not saving; it's self-taxation," says Paul French of Access Asia, a consumer-research firm in Shanghai.

“这不是储蓄；这是为自己纳税”，来自于上海一个消费者研究机构——Access Asia的Paul French说道。

But "the real money is where the pain is", says Jean Ross of the California Budget Project, a research firm in Sacramento.

但是，“真正的钱才是痛处所在。”加州预算项目，一个萨克拉曼多的研究公司的吉恩·罗斯说道。

Slightly more than 500 mobile phone users in Australia aged between 18 and 29 were polled by a market research firm in July.

澳大利亚一家市场调查公司于七月份对500多名18岁至29岁的手机用户开展了此项调查。

“India’s airlines grew too big, too fast, ” says Binit Somaia, of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, a research firm.

“印度航空业扩张规模过大，发展势头过猛。” 亚太航空中心的比尼特•索玛亚如是认为，该公司是一家调研公司。