The figures differ from the Audit Bureau of Circulations figures because they measure readers and not sales and because they are estimates rather than hard data.

因为这些数字衡量的是读者人数而非销量，而且它们是估计值而非硬数据，所以这些数字与发行量审计局的数字有所出入。

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If publishers are looking to the iPad to help revive (or extend) magazine sales, recent figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) aren't good news.

如果出版社正盼望着iPad帮助唤醒(或扩展)杂志的销量，那美国发行量审计局(abc)近期公布的数字颇不让人乐观。

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Sales of US papers dropped by 4.6% in the six months to September, said the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

根据报刊发行量核查机构的数据，到9月份为止，美国报纸的销售6个月内下降4.6%。

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Most transactions are business-to-business, and, since companies are subject to audit, most pay sales taxes anyway.

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If you live in one state and buy expensive personal property in another, you could face a sales- and use-tax audit.

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Full-year Audit Bureau of Circulation figures showed The Herald's sales fell 11.6% in the second half of the year, compared with the same period in 2010.

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