It may take two or more years for the tablet market to reach that competitive a price point, but the effect on PC prices is still clear: it'll force them down that much further.

平板电脑市场可能再过两三年才会到达如此有竞争力的价位，但是给PC价格带来的影响还是很显然：它会迫使PC的价格大幅拉低。

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When I was in the Air Force for five years - and there was a Cold War going on, and the Soviets had 40,000, and we stood them down.

当时我在空军服役五年，而且那时冷战仍在继续，苏联人有40,000(枚核弹)，但我们阻止了他们。

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The disclosure of fire-sale prices could force them to slash carrying values on their own books. This in turn would spur more selling, driving prices further down in a vicious cycle.

同时，贱卖的价格披露后，他们将不得不大幅削减账簿上的资产价值，这转而刺激更多的抛售，从而使价格在一个恶性循环中持续走低。

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He says every time the government tries to shut down the station, they get tip offs from the police force, allowing them to rally supporters.

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The Treasury cannot, for example, force them to write down mortgage principal to mitigate defaults, even though taxpayers rather than shareholders would bear any associated costs.

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Some independent news websites, while not immediately subject to the new rules, criticized the government for introducing measures that could force them to shut down in the future.

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Such contests can continue into the small hours, since the government is understandably keen to preserve the substance of their proposals, but peers know that ministers will be reluctant to force them to climb down.

BBC: Democracy Live site links