The prior-period adjustment appears on the corporation's statement of retained earnings to indicate to readers the amount and the nature of the change in the Retained Earnings balance.

前期调整列示在公司的资产负债表中，以提醒报表使用者注意留存收益余额变化的性质和数量。

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Gross margin was 28.7%, compared to 35.5% in the prior year period.

毛利率为28.7%，低于去年同期的35.5%。

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Second-quarter sales almost doubled to $9.9 billion, from $5.1 billion in the prior period, Vale said.

第二季度销售额同比增长近一倍，至99亿美元，去年同期的销售额为51亿美元。

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Same store sales increased 8.1% compared to an increase of 1.2% for the prior-year period.

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Operating earnings for the Financial Services and Rialto Investment segments also improved from the prior-year period.

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The company is also able to offset lower U.S. natural gas prices, which fell 22 percent over the prior-year period, by its global regions, which saw prices increase 17 percent.

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