The ruling is a victory for big chains with a presence in many states, since they usually collect sales tax on online purchases already.

这项裁决对于在许多州都有业务的大型连锁店来说是一次胜利，因为他们已经对网上购物征收销售税了。

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In 2009 sales at full-service restaurants in America fell by more than 6%, but total sales remained about the same at fast-food chains.

2009年，美国提供全方位服务的餐馆的销售额下降了6%以上，但快餐连锁店的总销售额却保持不变。

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Big fast-food chains in New York City have started to obey a first of its kind rule, requiring them to post calorie counts right on the menu.

纽约市的大型快餐连锁店已经开始遵守史无前例的规定，也就是在菜单上标明卡路里计数。

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In such a war,he said, the North would break the chains of the black man on the battlefield.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

She is in chains, and just because it's ornament just because it has the diminutive, doesn't mean that it's not a chain.

她被带上了“小“链子，它的“小“,或“装饰性“都不能改变它是一条锁链这个事实。

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But the report says the risk extends to all kinds of industries with long supply chains for the goods used in their products.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

Argentina's commerce ministry has asked consumers to monitor prices in the chains.

BBC: Carrefour

In December, we took a look at the chains in line for the toughest times this year (Where You Might Not Shop in 2012).

FORBES: Best Buy Struggles, But Other Chains Have It Far Worse

Later on, Jeffrey Rayport and John Sviokla applied the idea to the virtual world, the world of information, arguing that managers must pay attention to the way in which value chains work in both the tangible world of the marketplace and the virtual world of the market space.

ECONOMIST: Idea