In Britain the drop was more pronounced, with the volume of books down 4% and value down 6%, spurred lower by aggressive price competition in the major book chains and supermarkets.

英国的业绩则由于主流图书连锁店与超市的价格竞争而下滑得更为严重，销售数量同期下降了4%，销售金额同期下降了6%。

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Citigroup is, however, paying a high price: 2.3 times book value, compared with the 1.15 times BofA paid for its slice of CCB. True, acquirers often pay a premium for control.

然而，花旗(为此)花费甚巨：它的出价是账面价值的2.3倍，而与此相比，美国银行为获建行股份支付的费用仅为账面价值的1.15倍。

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The price under discussion was 50 per cent above Lehman's book value.

双方讨论的价格较雷曼的帐面价值高50%。

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If you look in terms of price to book value, it's unreal.

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You could make a reasonable argument for why these companies are better investments using fundamental metrics, like price to earnings or price to book value.

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In addition, ratios of price to sales and price to book value are bumping along their lowest levels of the past four years and are at substantial discounts to their five-year averages.

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