But in recent months it has begun to close some, especially in "second tier" cities, amid intense price competition.

但是，最近几个月，在激烈的价格竞争中，它开始关掉一些店，特别是在“二线”城市。

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This is close to the current average house price in some regions of first-tier cities in China.

这个价格接近当今中国一些一级城市的平均房价。

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So American Airlines announced a new "value pricing" plan, which entailed cutting fares while replacing complex discounts with a simple, four-tier price system.

因此美国航空公司对外宣布了一个新的“定价”计划。这个计划在削减票价的同时，还用一个简明的四列价格体系取代复杂的打折程序。

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Right on schedule with the whispers, T-Mobile lifted the veil off of its new price plan tier structure, Even More and Even More Plus, and from the looks of it all those leaks were pretty much spot-on.

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Much like the PC market, basic and feature mobile phone volumes are falling as consumers migrate not only to smartphones, but smartphones at low- and mid-tier price points.

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So, could the presence of low tier price increases, distressed home sale price increases, smaller percentages of distressed sale levels, and high levels of investor activity be what a floor looks like?

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