As a company with beer as the prime business, Hualan Brewery has outperformed its competitors in term of sales, cost and profits in the short span of few years since foundation.

作为一家以生产啤酒为主营业务的公司，在成立的短短几年间销量、成本、利润都取得了较竞争对手更好的成绩。

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Extensive research has shown that the effects of short-term price promotions on sales are themselves short-term.

广泛的研究表明，短期价格促销对销售本身的影响是短期的。

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However, in the wrong circumstances fair-value accounting could also induce wasteful sales—of long-term, illiquid loans.

但是，在错误的情况下公允价值可能引起不经济的卖出长期非流动贷款。

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The short term value of handset sales and the profit from a single new customer is not necessarily their ultimate goal.

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Edward Lampert took Sears ( SHLD) into the dressing room more than a year ago, hoping to change its long-term trend of declining sales with a new vision for the venerable retailer.

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On a brighter note, sales of Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology equipment continued gains while revenue from overseas sales of notebook PCs improved.

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