The total home sales areas in first-tier cities in the first half of this year declined 50 percent over the previous year, while prices increased.

房屋销售总额在一线城市的地区在今年上半年比前年下降百分之五十，而价格上升。

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While boasting annual box-office revenue increases for nine straight years, largely due to increased ticket prices, the number of actual tickets sold has declined for the second year in a row.

尽管连续九年每年票房收入快速增加，很大程度是因为票价上涨，实际销售的票数量在第二年是下降的。

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So while prices for CDS insuring against a Greek default have risen and the overall number of contracts has increased, the actual outstanding value of those contracts has been declining.

因此，虽然对冲希腊违约风险的CDS价格上涨，合同总数也在增加，但这些合同的实际未平仓额呈现下降。

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The data confirms that demand remains subdued, while prices increased and job cuts continued, suggesting that the sector will have likely weighed on output for Q1.

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According to figures published on September 18th, while house prices increased by 5.7% in London over the past year, they fell by 1.3% in the North West.

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While petrol prices have been increased by five rupees (13 cents) a litre, diesel prices have been raised by three rupees (eight cents).

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