For Sabre, the lost contract is a blow to its ego and reputation, and it's a lost opportunity for the bottom line.
对于Sabre而言，错失这项合约对其自尊和声誉都是一次打击，而且失去了提高利润的机会。
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To most listeners, the messages meant nothing but to the informed few, they could mean anything from 'blow up a section of railway line' at a given point, to 'a new SOE agent will arrive shortly'.
If this were in line with the Basel rules it would take the total ratio to 13.5%, easily enough to have dealt with the losses of Britain's worst blow-up, HBOS.