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Welch seldom disappears early. One night, for example, he was up until 3, shooting the breeze with 20 executives — half of them fast-rising women. But the main event is Welch's wrap-up comments when he steps out onto the stage under a spotlight and a pair of video cameras. Even though GE had just ended a record year, with earnings up 13%, to more than $8.2 billion, Welch wants more. Most CEOs would give a feel-good, congratulatory chat. But Welch dispenses with the kudos and warns the group that it will face one of the toughest years in a decade. It's no time to be complacent, he says, not with the Asian economic crisis, not with deflation in the air.

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Even with earnings increasing, Welch keeps cool and warned his subordinates that they would face one of the toughest years in a decade with the Asian economic crisis and with deflation in the air.

即使公司的收入增加了，韦尔奇也保持着清醒的头脑，他告诫下属，由于亚洲出现经济危机，以及国内将出现通货紧缩，他们将面临十年内最为严峻的几年。

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