日期:2013-03-06 New York's Dow Jones share index set a new all-time high on Tuesday, while London's FTSE 100 closed at it highest level in five years. 本周二纽约道琼斯股票指数创历史最高,伦敦富时指数达五年内最高。 The rallies mean the stock markets are returning to... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-03-05 Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires for a fourth year. 墨西哥大亨卡洛斯斯利姆连续四年位居福布斯世界富豪榜榜首。 The magazine estimates that Mr Slim, whose business interests range from tel... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-03-05 Two former chiefs of Afghanistan's Kabul Bank have been sentenced to five years in jail for the multi-million dollar fraud that almost led to its collapse in 2010. 两名阿富汗喀布尔银行的前主管因数百万美元欺诈罪被判入狱五年,此次犯罪差点使该银行在201... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-03-04 US President Barack Obama has signed into effect a wave of steep spending cuts which he has warned could damage the US economy. 美国总统奥巴马签署生效了一批大幅削减开支的法案,他曾警告这将损害美国经济的发展。 The cuts - known as the sequester(使隔... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-02-28 Japan's government has nominated Haruhiko Kuroda to be the next governor of the country's central bank. 日本政府任命黑田东彦为下任央行行长。 Mr Kuroda is seen as a proponent of aggressive monetary policy to help revive Japan's economy Mr Kuroda is c... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-02-28 European Union officials have struck a provisional deal on new financial rules, including capping bank bonuses. 欧盟官员就新金融政策达成临时协议,包括限制银行家的奖金。 Under the agreement, bonuses will be capped at a year's salary, but can rise to... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-02-25 THESE are Britain's cheapest homes set to go on sale for just a POUND. 英国最便宜房屋即将出售,仅卖1英镑。 Small change ... houses in Liverpool are being sold to residents for £1 The Victorian terraced houses(台阶式房屋) were originally bought fo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-02-25 One economist has good news for bargain hunters: According to his data, you don't have to sacrifice a good night's sleep in order to get a cheap airplane ticket. That's because tickets purchased on weekends are actually about 5 percent cheaper than... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-02-07 欧洲经济智库布鲁格尔的一位经济学家研究发现,欧元区各国的经济状况其实不用通过复杂的数据来判断,只要看看各国麦当劳巨无霸汉堡的价格就知道了。 Forget about statistics for employment and industrial production, it is being claimed that the price of a hamb... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-02-06 Michael Dell has said he will buy back the world's number three PC-maker that he founded and that carries his name. 迈克尔戴尔称,他将购回含有他名字的世界第三大PC生产商。 Along with technology investor Silver Lake, and with financial backing from Mi... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-31 Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said that the country only had $217 left in its public account last week after paying civil servants. 津巴布韦财政部长腾达伊比提称,上周支付了公务员的工资之后,政府账目上只剩217美元。 However, he said that... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-30 The online retailer Amazon has announced a sharp fall in profits. 网络销售商亚马逊宣布利润骤降。 Net income for the three months to the end of December was $97m, down from $177m for the same period in 2011. The fall came despite an increase in reven... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-29 Dutch electronics giant Philips is to sell off its home entertainment business, including hi-fis and DVD players, to Japan's Funai Electric. 荷兰电磁产品巨头飞利浦将家庭娱乐事业部出售给日本船井电机,包括高保真设备和DVD机。 Funai will pay 150m euros... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-25 The global jobless queue will stretch to more than 200 million people this year, the International Labour Organization said in its annual report on Tuesday, repeating a warning it has made at the start of each of the last six years. 根据国际劳工组织... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-24 Computing giant Apple has reported flat profits and record revenues that still fell short of market expectations. 2012年苹果盈利平平,收益未达到市场预期。 Net profit came in at $13.1bn, unchanged from a year earlier due in part to higher costs assoc... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-16 The German economy grew by 0.7% in 2012, a sharp slowdown on the previous year, preliminary figures show. 初步数据显示,2012年德国经济增长0.7%,比2011年有显著下降。 The figure was well below the 3% growth seen in 2011 and suggests the economy contra... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-15 Volkswagen says its group sales hit a record high last year despite slowing sales in Western Europe. 大众汽车称,尽管在西欧销售不景气,其公司在2012年销售额创下新高。 The German carmaker sold 9.07 million cars last year, up 11% from 2011. Sales in No... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-15 Shares of Sharp and other suppliers of iPhone parts to Apple have fallen after reports of a cut in orders for the iPhone 5. iPhone 5订单量下降,导致零部件供应商夏普和其他一些公司的股价下跌。 Apple has reduced orders by about 50% for its latest model... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-15 America is not a deadbeat nation, US President Barack Obama has said, as he warned Republicans unconditionally to approve a rise in the US debt ceiling. 美国总统奥巴马在警告共和党无条件通过提高美国债务限额时称,美国不是一个欠债不还的国家。 At a Whit... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-01-09 The unemployment rate across the eurozone hit a new all-time high of 11.8% in November, official figures have shown. 欧盟官方数据显示,11月整个欧元区的失业率达史上最高11.8%。 This is a slight rise on 11.7% for the 17-nation region in October. The ra... 阅读全文>> |
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