It cited the need to protect consumers, an unconvincing reason to some legal experts.

它援引一个对一些法律专家不能信服的保护消费者需要的理由。

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Another reason consumers are opting to buy new smartphones is inadequate performance of their existing devices, cited by 45 percent of customers this year-up from 33 percent last year.

消费者选择购买一部新智能手机的另一个原因是他们的现有设备性能不足，有45%的受访者在今年的调查中提到了这一点，高于去年33%。

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One study cited $160 million spent on advertising to consumers in 2005 compared with the $4 billion spent by the pharmaceutical companies.

一项调研显示，2005年医疗器械直接面向消费者的广告费用是一亿六千万美元，而医药产业花费了四十亿。

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While consumers cited more favorable prospects regarding the labor markets, November's non-farm job payroll numbers showed that unemployment actually ticked up, reaching 9.8%.

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The company polls consumers about their feelings towards public figures to generate its widely cited Q Scores.

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He cited PSB data that found while 54% of consumers are intrigued about self-driving cars, 59% of them would not feel comfortable riding in such a car today.

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