Paraphrasing (1st paragraph)
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The buzzword in business before September 11 was “visibility”. Company after company lamented its inability to see clearly about future prospects amid the worsening economy and dot-corn debacle. Now, though, corporate America has a clear vision of the immediate future—and it's not a pretty one. “The attack has turned the business world upside down, ” says Diane Swonk, chief economist at Bank One in Chicago.
The main idea of the paragraph
The September 11th terror attacks turned the (U.S.) business world upside down, while at the same time it helped the business world to see the immediate future clearly.
911恐怖袭击把美国经济弄得一团糟，但它同时也使美国经济界看清楚了即将发生的情况。
词语解释
have a clear vision of
have a clear idea of what you think something should be like 清楚地知道 e.g.
1）He had a clear vision of how he hoped the company would develop.
他清楚地知道他希望公司会怎么发展。
2） They are able to do this because they start out with a clear vision of where they want to go.
他们能够这么做是因为他们一开始就知道他们想要往哪儿去。
