The firm said good weather helped drive a stronger-than-expected 2.1% increase in volumes during the quarter.

百威英博公司表示天气适宜有助于推动第二季度销售量增加2.1%，超过此前预期。

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Britain's statistical agency attributed more or less all of the 0.5% fall in GDP in the last quarter of 2010 to the bad weather in December.

英国统计局把2010年最后一个季度GDP下降0.5%或多或少地归因于12月份糟糕的天气。

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Overall growth was held down by sluggish construction, the result of bad weather, but this promises to rebound in the second quarter.

总体增长被恶劣天气导致的建筑业缓慢增长所拖累，但相信这将在第二季度得到改观。

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Shipments in the U.S. fell 6.8%, which Anheuser-Busch said was due to challenging weather conditions for most of the quarter and what it said was against the most difficult comparisons for the year.

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The heart not only beat in the first quarter from pull-forward weather related sales in the U.S., but from structural factors globally that raise the prospect of Wal-Mart shares moving higher in the medium-term.

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The weather service said visibility was less than one quarter mile in Amarillo.

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