Many of its models also look long in the tooth, which largely explains the 46% drop in operating profits in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2005.

许多款式也显得过时，这也是为什么与2005年同期相比，其生产利润在今年上半年狂跌46％。

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After operating in said first resource saving mode for a predetermined time period, the receiver (11) may be deactivated in order to further save power.

在工作在第一资源节省模式下达预定的时间周期之后，接收机(11)可以被去激活从而进一步节省功率。

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Communication and dialogue via social media have become central to the Vancouver-based company, whose first-quarter operating profits more than tripled since the same period last year.

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Richemont expects its sales and operating profit for the first six months of this year to be significantly higher than the comparative period.

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The Asia-focused bank said Wednesday that operating profit was "slightly down" in the first three months of 2013 from the same 2012 period because of tighter loan margins, a rise in souring consumer loans and lower income from its own investments.

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