Each business unit was required to earn a shareholder value-added profit margin of 20% on average over the business cycle.

每种业务须在商业周期内赚取平均20%的股东增值利润。

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By contrast, HP's software unit has a profit margin of 21%, but software makes up less than 2.3% of HP's total revenue.

相比之下，惠普的软件部门的利润率为21%，但软件收入占惠普总收入的比重还不足2.3%。

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Could you please reduce your unit price by US$4 so that the gap with our profit margin would be narrowed?

请在单价上降低四美元，这样就可缩小我方与预期利润率的差距。

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Last year Morgan lowered its pre-tax profit margin goal for the unit to 15% for the middle of 2013.

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Part of the reason is that the chain is selling more unit-dose laundry detergent, like Tide Pods, which have a profit margin up to 5% lower than liquid laundry for retailers.

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