11-08-26 Believe it or not, one thing that predicts how well a CEO's company performs is -- the width of the CEO's face! CEOs with wider faces have better-performing companies than CEOs with long faces. That's the conclusion of a new study which will be publ...

11-08-25 Apple founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of the technology giant and will be replaced by its chief operating officer Tim Cook. 苹果创始人史蒂夫乔布斯辞去董事长一职，首席运营官蒂姆库克将代替他的职位。 Mr Jobs had been on his third med...

11-06-28 When Peters learned that he was being fired, he went to see the head of human resources. Since I've been with the firm for so long, he said, I think I deserve at least a letter of recommendation. The human resources director agreed and said he'd hav...

11-06-10 John and Bobby joined a wholesale（批发的） company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the posotion of manager but John remained an ordinary emplo...

11-04-24 The former president and chairman of Sony, Norio Ohga, who was credited with developing the compact disc, has died aged 81, the company has said. 索尼公司宣布，前董事长、公司总裁，CD机的推广者大贺典雄逝世，享年81岁。 Norio Ohga conducted the Tokyo P...

11-03-02 The Clan Rose scrambled into the china-closet as rapidly as possible, and there refreshed herself by making faces at Debby, while she settled her plumage and screwed up her courage. Then she crept softly down the hall and peeped into the parlor（客...

11-02-28 South African President Jacob Zuma has launched a state-owned mining company, called the African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC). 南非总统雅各布祖玛建立一座国有矿业公司非洲勘探采矿金融公司。 However the move is likely to cause con...

10-12-21 The founder of the computer giant Dell Inc, Michael Dell, has bought another $100m of shares in the company. 计算机巨头戴尔股份有限公司创始人迈克尔戴尔再次购买其公司1亿美元股票。 Founder Michael Dell said some investors did not value his company hig...

10-11-22 I find it wholesome（健全的，有益健康的） to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome（疲倦的，厌倦的） and dissipating（消散） . I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so compa...

10-10-29 British Airways has reported a half-year profit of 158m ($252m), its first in two years, as the company prepares to merge with Iberia of Spain. 英国航空公司近半年获利1.58英镑，这是该公司最近两年以来首次盈利。据悉英国航空将于西班牙伊比利亚航空进行合...