Nordstrom, a department-store group, reported a 68% fall in fourth-quarter net profit, thanks to a decline in margins prompted by price cuts.

百货公司集团诺德斯特龙的报告指出，因为降价使利润下降，其第四季度的纯利润下降了百分之六十八。

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Higher transaction volume partially offset the decline in net revenue per transaction.

酒店交易量的提升部分抵消了每交易净收入的下滑。

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Advertising has withered in the recession, causing Mediaset's revenues to decline by 12% in the first quarter and its net profits by 50%.

经济衰退广告收入下降，使得今年一季度媒介设备的收入下降了12%，净利润更是下降了50%。

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Then, we would expect a gradual net decline to set in, moving downwards slowly for many years.

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The net decline amounts to a 3.7 percent reduction in these hazards every year for four decades.

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Still, because the current level is far below the level of 2.07 required to prevent population replacement, the result is net decline.

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