In the first quarter, among 24 foreign life insurance companies, of which comparable data was available, 11 showed negative premium growth compared to the same period of last year.

一季度，24家具有可比数据的外资寿险公司中，有11家较去年同期出现了保费负增长。

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They compared these to data already available on the cattle and pigs' growth rate and the rates at which they emitted the same pollutants.

他们将获得的数据同牛和猪在生长率及在排放等量污染物情况下生长率方面的数据做了比较。

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Despite lower profits, the company posted better than expected iPhone sales of around 37.4 million, a 7% growth compared to the same period in 2012.

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The retail sales growth trend continued on a steady decline in February, reaching an almost-flat figure of 0.1% growth in the three month period compared to the same three month period a year ago.

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Also positively, fixed investment growth reached nearly 5% compared to the same period last year.

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