To buy or not to buy: the upcoming iPhone price war is good for the consumer.

买还是不买，这是个问题：即将到来的iPhone价格大战无疑对消费者来说是个好消息。

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But most do not expect stellar results after Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported weak sales earlier this week, citing the Iraq war and poor consumer confidence.

但继塔吉特公司和沃尔玛公司本周早些时候公布其不佳的销售业绩后，大多数零售商都不指望会有更好的结果，他们援引伊拉克战争和消费者信心不足来说明这一点。

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Since the Cold War, the world has willingly become dependent on China for its consumer products.

冷战以来，世界已经越来越依赖中国提供消费品。

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Partly because of war worries, consumer confidence in America dipped to its lowest level in nine-and-a-half years in February, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan's index.

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It emerged from the smoking ruins of World War II to dominate consumer electronics.

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At the outset of that time, the United States redirected the massive industrial resources it had built up to win the biggest war in history into a consumer economy.

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