日期：2013-05-22 Retail sales in April were 1.3% lower than in March as bad weather continued to dent spending. 英国四月零售贸易额比三月下降1.3%，因坏天气影响了消费者购物。 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also said retail sales volumes last month were 0.5%... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-21 Mobile giant Vodafone's full-year sales have slipped for the first time in eight years after tough economic conditions in Europe hit revenues. 受欧洲严峻经济形势的影响，移动运营商巨头沃达丰全年销售额八年来首次下滑。 Annual revenues fell 4.4% to 44.4... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-21 Yahoo says its $1.1bn (723m; 857m euros) purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014. 雅虎称11亿美元收购的微博客在2014年即可为其增收。 Yahoo's chief financial officer, Ken Goldman, made the claim during a call with an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-21 Apple has been accused of being among America's largest tax avoiders by a Senate committee. 苹果被参议院一个委员会指责为美国最大的逃税者之一。 The committee said Apple had used a complex web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions of dollars i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-20 Yahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (725m), US media reports say. 美国媒体报道，雅虎董事会通过一项决议，以11亿美元的价格收购纽约的微博客。 The acquisition is expected to be announced as early as... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 Dell has reported a 79% slide in net profit, underlining a fall in personal computers sales as more consumers shift to smartphones and tablets. 越来越多的消费者转购智能手机和平板电脑，这导致戴尔个人电脑销量下降，净利润下降79%。 The PC maker's net pr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the cult of money and to do more for the poor, in his first major speech on the financial crisis. 教皇弗朗西斯在首个关于金融危机的演讲中呼吁世界领导人停止金钱崇拜并为穷人做更多事情。 Pope Francis said... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-14 Japanese electronics-maker Sharp has reported a record annual loss. 日本电子设备生产商夏普年度亏损创新高。 The company recorded a loss of 545bn yen ($5.4bn; 3.5bn) in the year ending March 2013. The year before it had reported a loss of 376bn yen. S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-14 Australia's government is set to unveil its latest budget. 澳大利亚政府将公布其最新预算。 Treasurer Wayne Swan will outline his spending plans, and is expected to say Australia will post its second budget deficit in three years. Analysts expect a de... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 欧盟委员会计划推出一项新政，允许所有成员国的居民在任意成员国的银行开设基础账户；同时，欧盟委员会还希望各家银行允许储户在比较收费细则后能在规定的时间内免费更换开户行。 European residents will have the right to open a basic bank account in any country... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 本周一，美国参议院以69票支持、27票反对的结果通过了有关征收网购消费税的法案。该法案名为《市场公平法案》，若获众议院投票通过并由总统签署生效，包括哥伦比亚特区在内的45个州将对本州内销售额100万美元以上的网络零售商征收消费税。 The US Senate approved a lo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 在本周三的女王演讲中，英国政府将公布一系列法案修正提案，其中包括停止发放已婚人士养老金。英国目前的养老金制度规定，在职已婚人士退休后领取养老金的同时，其配偶也可根据其之前缴纳的社会保险金额申领一定数额的已婚人士津贴。 Taxpayers are funding state pens... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-09 Sony has reported an annual profit for the first time in five years, boosted by a weakening yen and asset sales. 受日元疲软和资产出售的推动，索尼五年以来年利润首次增长。 The electronics giant made a net profit of 43bn yen ($436m; 280m) in the year t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-05 A stunning blue diamondbroke a world record today, fetching a price of 6.2 million British pounds (about $9.6 million), or about $1.8 million per carat, according to auctioneer Bonhams. 据美国生活科学网4月26日报道，英国宝龙拍卖行称，4月24日，一颗惊... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-02 BMW saw profits fall in the first quarter of 2013 after the carmaker suffered tougher trading in Europe. 2013第一季度宝马利润下跌，主要由于该公司在欧洲的贸易比较艰难。 Net profits at the German company fell 3% to 1.31bn euros ($1.7bn; 1.1bn) on reve... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-02 A general strike against tough austerity measures is under way in Greece, with trade unions calling for mass mobilisation of protesters. 一场针对严厉紧缩政策的大罢工正在希腊上演，工会号召抗议者多动员群众。 The 24-hour action caused some disruption t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-27 Samsung Electronics has posted a record quarterly profit, boosted mainly by growing sales of its smartphones. 三星宣布其季度性盈利创下新纪录，得益于智能手机销量的增长。 It made a net profit of 7.15tn won ($6.4bn; 4.2bn) during the period, up from 5.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-25 South Korea's growth rate hit a two-year high in the first three months of the year, boosted by a rebound in construction, investment and exports. 受建筑、投资和出口回弹的影响，2013年第一季度韩国经济增长创近两年以来新高。 The economy grew by 0.9% in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-25 Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.2% of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. 西班牙官方数据显示，2013年第一季度西班牙的失业率飙升至一个新纪录27.2%。 The total number of unemployed people in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-22 Philips, the world's biggest lighting maker, has reported a 38% jump in first quarter LED sales from a year earlier. 世界上最大的照明设备生产商飞利浦的报告显示，2013第一季度LED灯具销量比前一年增长38%。 The pricey but long-life and energy-efficient b... 阅读全文>>