On July 30th Nestlé India reported a 20% increase in total sales, to 17.63 billion rupees ($394m) and a 9.8% rise in its net profit for the second quarter, to 2.14 billion rupees.

在7月30日，雀巢印度公司宣布其总销售额增长了20%，达到了176.3亿卢比，同时其第二季度的净利润增长了9.8%，达到了21.4亿卢比。

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Thee profit- oriented objective is to achieve target return on investment or on net sales and to maximize profit.

利裥润目标是指： 在一定的投资额或销售额基础上取得预期的收益， 以求得到最高的利润。

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Last year, Huawei posted net profit of $2.7 billion on sales of $21.8 billion.

华为去年的净利润为27亿美元，销售额为218亿美元。

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In other news involving Hong Kong-traded China stocks, Gome fell by 4.6% yesterday after it said on Friday net profit dropped 88% in the first quarter on weak sales. (See story here.) The company also said on Friday that it would increase its investments in e-commerce, as competition heats up with rivals Suning, Yahoo-invested Taobao and others.

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Its flagship brand is losing steam, having given away 2nd place in the cola rankings to Diet Coke and, as of the last quarter, reported a 3% sales decline on a 7% decline in net sales (yielding a 16% drop in operating profit for its Pepsi and Gatorade businesses).

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The first half of 2003, ahead of the hot summer, brought no relief, with year-on-year sales off 7% and operating profit and net income down 10% and 34% respectively.

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