As the Economist went to press, Intel, the world's largest chipmaker and an industry bellwether, was expected to report a drop in fourth-quarter revenues of more than 20% compared with a year earlier.

如同经济学家们强调的，INTEL，全球最大的芯片制造商和产业领头羊，预期将报告四季度收入比去年同期下降超过20%。

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That followed a sales report from retail bellwether John Lewis that showed its own record holiday season.

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The report acts as a bellwether for government behaviour around the world, a Google spokeswoman told the BBC.

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Mary Meeker's Internet Report is often considered a technology bellwether, and it's certainly living up to that reputation in the 2013 study.

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