日期：2008-09-10 The old saying holds true: The rich do get richer. Even as world financial markets broke down last year, personal wealth around the world grew 5 percent to $109.5 trillion, according to a global wealth report released on Thursday by Boston Consultin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 Cindy McCain or Michelle Obama for the White House? Among fashionistas, the wives of the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are drawing the kind of enthusiasm that Nancy Reagan and Jacqueline Kennedy once... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was unpopular with voters but T-shirts printed with his huffy parting shot are now a hit. At a nationally televised news conference where he abruptly announced his resignation on Monday, Fukuda was criti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 The World Trade Organisation's marathon-running chief has urged his staff to eat bananas to sustain themselves through long negotiating sessions -- in which tariffs on the fruit are among the most contentious issues. Pascal Lamy asked the WTO's rost... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 The Arctic Circle holds an estimated 90 billion barrels of recoverable oil, enough supply to meet current world demand for almost three years, the US Geological Survey forecast on Wednesday. The government agency also said the area could contain 1,6... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 Tens of thousands of South Koreans will descend on the capital Seoul this weekend to apply for iron ricebowl jobs with the city government, officials said Thursday. Special package tours and an extra train service have been laid on to cater for the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 Britain's 150,000 doctors will have to show they are fit to practice once every five years in the nation's biggest change to medical regulation for 150 years. Doctors falling below standard risk being struck off the medical register unless they impr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-10 Barack Obama's campaign decried Monday a satirical cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker magazine showing the US Democratic presidential hopeful wearing Islamic dress while his wife holds a Kalashnikov. The influential weekly defended its cover, ti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-07 If you want to get rich leave New York City, Washington DC or Los Angeles and head to Plano, Texas, Aurora, Colorado or Omaha, Nebraska where wages are high and life is good, a new survey showed. A poll that ranked 69 US cities with populations of m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-15 Warren Buffett, the famed U.S. investor who heads Berkshire Hathaway Inc, replaced his friend and Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates as the richest man in the world, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. Warren Buffett, the famed US investor who heads B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-27 Stephen and Alison Murton rehearsing their parts in the song Stand By Your Ham. In what they say is a last-ditch attempt to save the country's pork industry, dozens of pig farmers gathered in London on Thursday to record their song Stand by your Ham... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-30 A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a US government audit released on Thursday. The Justice Department's inspector general faulted the FBI for poor handling of money... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Chinanews, Shanghai, Dec. 28 Through the purchase of its major shareholder, Sinosteel has taken control of Zimasco Consolidated Enterprises Limited, the largest ferrochrome manufacturer in Zimbabwe and also the world's fifth largest ferrochrome prod... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 27 The Renmin University of China announced Chinese Development Index on Wednesday, with Beijing ranking first, and Shanghai following it on the list. Tianjin, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong and Jilin are listed into... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Dec.28 - Exporters of food products that fail to meet safety standards of destination countries face a fine of up to 20 times the value of the consignment and can even be charged for committing a crime if the top legislature approves a draft law. Fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Dec.28 - China has eliminated 29.4 million tons of outdated iron smelting capacity and 15.21 million tons of outdated steel smelting capacity by the end of November, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Thursday. Eliminating... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 27 China will gradually change the current situation where it overly relies on spot trade in crude oil. In future, it will encourage domestic companies to sign long-term contracts for oil supply, according to a white paper i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 27 Although China has abundant energy resources, due to its huge population, the per capita possession of energy resources remains at a low level, according to a white paper issued by the State Council Information Office on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Dec.27 - The government yesterday unveiled a draft investment guide aimed at phasing out resource-intensive industries in line with the nation's development policy. The government is seeking public opinion on the revised 45-page guide, which can be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-29 Chinanews, Shanghai, December 27 Guotaijunan Securities has conducted a survey covering 372 investors, finding that nearly 90% of them believe no bear market will occur in 2008. 71.8% of the respondents believe the general market value will continue... 阅读全文>>